October 2021 Healthy News from Vancouver Disc Centers Monitoring Pain Leads to Improved Pain Relief and Not Being Sedentary Helps Too

Your Vancouver chiropractor grasps how troubling back pain may be for our spine-related pain patients. A study that looked at the issue of whether focusing on pain for low back pain patients - by questioning about their pain on a weekly basis – affected the patients in a negative way. The result: frequent pain monitoring did not prove to be a bad thing.  It may have even been beneficial! The low back pain intensity scores at 12 months’ follow up were lower for the patients who were monitored than the scores of patients who were not asked about their pain weekly! (1) Our chiropractic treatment plan which includes spinal manipulation - 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US - is guided by your input about your pain experience. We ask you about your pain at every Vancouver chiropractic appointment and alter your treatment frequency and type as you improve according to the 50% Rule like visits are reduced by 50% when 50% relief is attained and treatment protocol may shift from protocol 1 (single segment, one motion) to protocol 2 (single segment, all ranges of motion, may include more segments as tolerance testing allows). We can talk more about these protocols if you like. A bit of focus on pain goes a long way toward pain relief!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the central role the patient’s pain experience and feedback plays in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 

TIP OF THE MONTH:  Don’t Be Sedentary

A sedentary Vancouver lifestyle at any age is not positive. As we age and want to enjoy our older years, we must not be sedentary. Grow old actively! Researchers compared how and when non-active older adults exercised – 60 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night found significant improvements in lower limb strength, large gains in walking speed and daily activities, improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, and enhancements in agility as signified by TUG (time-up-to-go from a seated position) test results in both groups. There were slightly better results in the 30/30 group suggesting that there may be an advantage to breaking up late day sedentariness with exercise. Physical activity exercise for older adults is vital for physical as well as mental and psychosocial health. Vancouver Disc Centers encourages our chiropractic patients to not be part of the 31% of the world’s population who are thought to not currently satisfy recommended levels of activity. (2) Let’s explore together what activity is best for you!

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Schedule your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment today! We will see you then and make sure to ask you how your pain is and how active you are! We’re here for you!