Back pain patients come to Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center with
all different types issues. Some walk better than
others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more susceptible
to depression than others. Your Pensacola
chiropractor understands
this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses
each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the
difference when putting together an alleviating
chiropractic treatment plan. Tests like the 6-minute walk
test that evaluates the distance walked in 6 minutes and
the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of musculoskeletal
and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may
be triggered by
back pain.
(1) Back muscles that weaken
and turn fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify
issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not
like this as a inferior surgical outcome is possible.)
(2) Chiropractors get this and encourage
gentle
exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan
to avert recurrent back pain that some lumbar
disc degeneration sufferers experience.
A new
study described that those who tend to get
recurrent back pain were found to move differently,
more causiously, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent
back pain patients also suffered with higher levels of
anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a reduced
quality of life. (3) Your Pensacola chiropractor welcomes
all back pain sufferers with all their peculiarities. Your
chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout
the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (emotional,
physical and mental features),
so it does not control them.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Nike Taylor on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson on how she helps a chronic back pain patient in the middle of a
recurrent episode of back pain via the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management to find relief and a sense of control over back
pain to minimize recurrent back pain episodes as much as possible.

Pensacola CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
SMELLING SCENTS TO LESSEN PAIN!
An interesting study of chronic low back
pain patients found that odor-training helped reduce
their pain thresholds. Regular exposure (every two hours in the research
project) to scents like rose, vanilla, peach and chocolate –
olfactory training! - helped ease pain. The researchers suggested
that it may help reduce pain chronification and quite possibly
control general pain via desensitization. (4) What a pleasant
addition this could be to the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management! You may want to try smelling some good
scents yourself!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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with you at your next appointment! Schedule it now!