Latest News in Gentle Richmond Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain Relief
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) negatively impacts life for its sufferers. Richmond chronic low back pain sufferers want their lives back. Johnson Chiropractic follows a chiropractic treatment plan with options that do exactly that. The treatment plan often incorporates chiropractic spinal manipulation like Cox® Technic together with gentle exercise and nutrition. A couple recent insights about effective exercise interventions are shared here for our Richmond back pain patients’ consideration as it’s for you to decide to choose what exercise suits you!
WALKING AND MIND-BODY THERAPIES: Gentle Exercise Options
Walking works, so do mind-body therapies like yoga. An analysis of 31 randomized control trials of 3193 participants, walking came across as effective as control interventions for short term relief of chronic low back pain and slightly superior for intermediate term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more beneficial to reduce pain and improve activity in the short term. Doing both yoga and walking was proposed as a beneficial combination for CLBP patients. (1) In an analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials, yoga was said to decrease pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve functional disability from short to long term when compared with non-exercise, usual care, and education. But it had the same effects on pain and disability as other exercise modes or physical therapy. (2) Most everyone can take a stroll. Some enjoy physical therapy exercise. Most can perform yoga if they want. Johnson Chiropractic knows not every exercise option may be our Richmond back pain sufferer’s “thing”! Options are essential to participation...and Johnson Chiropractic has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One group of researchers wrote that up-to-date evidence does not propose that any one form of exercise is better than any other for back pain relief. That’s interesting! They did state that exercise is modestly effective treatment for CLBP, a significant health and socioeconomic issue (cost, disability, missed work). The most common type of exercise for back pain relief was described as being motor control exercise which works on the deep muscles and their coordination. Reportedly not superior to other types of exercise, motor control exercise should be an alternative for chronic low back pain patients among other types of exercise. The researchers indicated that the choice should be made by the patient in collaboration with his/her doctor/therapist. (3) Johnson Chiropractic chats with each Richmond back pain sufferer to find out what exercise will work and will be performed. That is the most important factor!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the benefit of exercise integration into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. When chronic low back pain has slowed life down for you, Johnson Chiropractic’s chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will do may well restore your pace of life.
