“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear frequently. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the easiest and fastest way possible. This is not
always possible though. We all need to look at our pain and make
friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is.
Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center urges
our Pensacola back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It makes
a difference. It may well change your life for
the better. Many Pensacola chiropractic patients have lived this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study weren’t actively involved in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with reports
highlighting the significance of patient-involvement in 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 culprits that interfered with
patients’ participation in their own care, researchers made a special
plan to deal with these issues and increase
the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises,
lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One
study discovered that a mix of approaches to drop
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
tries to do anything possible to help our Pensacola
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced
nonspecific chronic low back pain equally 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 improved patients’
strength and stabilization in good time, dropping
pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
shares such options to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There is
an app for that!”? Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is sure you have! Not
surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you keep track of self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently
collecting data on the usefulness of
various interventions at various times
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 found helpful and
relieving. (4) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center looks forward to saying “There is an app for
that!" Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center knows that some of our Pensacola back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how
back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a Pensacola chiropractic appointment
soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be so happy that the pill or “something” wasn’t available once you are feeling better in terms of
back pain relief and mental contentment that you were an active
part of the relief process.