DESCRIPTIONS OF PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO
YOUR CHIROPRACTOR
“Why do you ask me so many
questions, doctor?”
Our Pensacola chiropractic patients are central
to our practice. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center wants
to understand each of our patients and your pain experience well,
treat you well, and be sure you are satisfied with your care
and outcome. That’s why we ask you to describe
your pain to us, sometimes several times and in several
different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort”
to one may denote “pain” to another while “stiffness” is
“pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It is true! Researchers studied
just what these different words mean to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain signified
sharp/shooting, discomfort was dull/tingling, stiffness signified
tight/restricted. (1) It's important for us
to know our patient’s experience with pain to better meet
expectations and boost satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain
and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being
greatest pain) and reported multiple pain
locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of
17). Those are very common of rationales
patients seek chiropractic care! In this setting, patients were satisfied with the
collaboration among the various healthcare team members due to
the trust they had in their physician. Patients valued
consistency in care from a single caregiving chiropractor. (2)
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center knows our patients value - and can expect - these
same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!
Pensacola CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: Strengthen
Multifidus Muscles While Standing
Back pain. It’s a simple description that may
stem from a multitude of factors including the muscles of the spine,
those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, deep,
smaller muscles that run beside the
spine from the neck to the sacrum. These muscles assist
movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted.
(3) Recently, researchers proposed that the multifidi
may be a possible source of back pain since they are found to be stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is linked to lumbodorsal musculature (which incorporates the
multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus
well enough which may prevent low back pain produced
by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing
back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally helpful in
strengthening these multifidus muscles. (5) That’s great
news! Pensacola back pain sufferers can do simple, standing
exercises like this anywhere! The multifidi benefit!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she explains
the benefit of increasing muscle strength and
function as part of back pain care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Make your next Pensacola
chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles
will be strengthened via proper exercise to lessen and
potentially avert back pain. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center will ask you questions, and you
are welcome to ask Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center questions, too!