Healthy News May 2020
Patients often ask how long they must visit for chiropractic care at Johnson Chiropractic. Ultimately, their relief decides this. For some the end of care is decided together, patient and the Richmond chiropractor. For others, when the pain is better, they quit coming. The patients make the decision themselves. And when there is no pain, it seems normal to quit coming. Only there may be a special factor to consider: If back pain is bothersome and prevents you from doing what you want to do, continuing chiropractic care on a regular basis (aka “maintenance care”) whether you are hurting or not is beneficial. In a randomized control trial of 319 such patients, maintenance care reduced the number of painful day in acute episodes and increased the duration of pain-free days for back pain sufferers who have with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1) Back pain is not usually cured. It is like a bruise on an apple. It will not simply disappear. The bruise is now a more vulnerable part of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is surely pleasant, and continued chiropractic care via a Richmond chiropractic treatment plan set together can only help prevent more and/or more painful back pain episodes. Some patients request maintenance care after suffering with several episodes of Richmond back pain. Some set up a schedule right away to avoid waiting for the pain and having to begin again. Whichever patient type you are, Johnson Chiropractic is the Richmond chiropractic care partner for you!
Richmond CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise Benefits Before Back Surgery and for Non-Specific Low Back Pain
A 16-week study of supervised resistance training with variable low, moderate and high intensity exercise throughout the week helped patients with persistent non-specific low back pain. How? By improving pain, daily function and disability, energy level, muscle strength, sleep, and perception of physical activity as helpful. (2) Those are encouraging outcomes! Unfortunately, in the year prior to back surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% had at least one PT visit with exercise, and just 14.6% experienced a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% received at least one opioid prescription fill with a mean of 6.1 unique fills each. (3) Conservative, non-drug care incorporating spinal manipulation and exercise are worthwhile pre-back surgery efforts. Johnson Chiropractic is ready to do this with you!
Listen to this PODCAST with chiropractic back pain specialist, James Cox DC DACBR, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, and a PODCAST with spine surgeon, David Hanscome, MD, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they discuss the conservative approach to dealing with Richmond back pain.
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Arrange your next Richmond chiropractic appointment now with Johnson Chiropractic for non-drug and non-surgical management of your back pain. Johnson Chiropractic is your spine care and back pain management partner!