“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Back And Neck Care Center and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners commonly hear. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least
effort required and quickest way possible. This isn’t
always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make
friends with it to some extent. We can see it for what it is.
Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Back And Neck Care Center encourages
our Severna Park back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It can make
a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for
the better. Many Severna Park chiropractic patients have lived this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study were not actively engaged in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with reports
highlighting the importance of patient-engagement
with treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating?
In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making,
and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the
interfering offending factors that reduced
patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a special
plan to deal with these issues and raise
the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises,
lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One
study discovered that a variety of approaches to reduce
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Back And Neck Care Center
tries to do anything possible to help our Severna Park
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It decreased
nonspecific chronic low back pain just as well as back-strengthening
exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain play a role, whole body
electrical stimulation helped fearful patients with their
strength and stabilization in good time, dropping
pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Back And Neck Care Center
shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There is
an app for that!”? Back And Neck Care Center is sure you have! Not
surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the
works to help you manage self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now
gathering data on the usefulness of
various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months
for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data,
researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have
worked for others with similar issues. Each
patient’s app will then be tailored for
self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on
what others with similar conditions reported helpful and
relieving. (4) Back And Neck Care Center looks forward to saying “There's an app for
that!" Back And Neck Care Center knows that some of our Severna Park back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he outlines how
back pain patients may help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a Severna Park chiropractic visit
soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at Back And Neck Care Center. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You will be so happy that the pill or “something” was not presented
to you once you are feeling better in terms of
back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active
part of the relief process.