October 2021 Healthy News from Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Monitoring Pain Leads to Improved Pain Relief and Not Being Sedentary Helps Too

Your Fort Wayne chiropractor understands how troubling back pain may be for our spine-related pain patients. A study that looked at the topic 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 turn out 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 questioned than the scores of patients who were not asked about their pain every week! (1) Our chiropractic treatment plan which incorporates spinal manipulation - 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US - is managed by your input about your pain experience. We ask you about it at every Fort Wayne 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 change 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 want. 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 integral role the patient’s pain experience and response plays in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 

TIP OF THE MONTH:  Don’t Be Sedentary

A sedentary Fort Wayne lifestyle at any age is not good. 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 large 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 outcomes in the 30/30 group suggesting that there may be a benefit to breaking up afternoon sedentariness with exercise. Physical activity exercise for older adults is vital for physical as well as mental and psychosocial health. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic encourages our chiropractic patients to not be part of the 31% of the world’s population who are thought to not presently satisfy recommended physical activity levels. (2) Let’s explore together what activity is best for you!

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