Chronic low back pain (CLBP) slows
life down for its sufferers. Minster chronic low back pain
sufferers look forward to getting their lives back. Minster Chiropractic Center
offers 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 few new
insights about effective exercise interventions are presented here
for our Minster back pain patients’ consideration as it is
up to you to select what exercise works
for 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 was
found to be as effective as control interventions for short term relief of
chronic low back pain and somewhat superior for intermediate
term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more effective
for pain and activity limitation improvement
in the short term. Combining both walking and yoga
was suggested to be a beneficial combination
for CLBP patients. (1) In an analysis of 18
randomized controlled trials, yoga reportedly decreased pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve
functional disability from short to long term compared to
non-exercise, usual care, and education. But it had the same
effects on pain and disability as other exercise types or physical therapy.
(2) Most everyone can walk. Some enjoy physical
therapy exercise. Most can do yoga if they so desire.
Minster Chiropractic Center knows not every exercise option may be
our Minster back pain sufferer’s “thing”! Options
are key to participation...and Minster Chiropractic Center has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One group of researchers wrote that current
evidence does not indicate that any single
type of exercise is better than any other for back
pain relief. That’s interesting! They did report that
exercise is modestly effective treatment for CLBP,
a major health and socioeconomic issue (cost,
disability, missed work). The most
common form of exercise for back pain relief was reported to be motor control exercise which works
on the deep muscles and their coordination. Supposedly not
superior to other types of exercise, motor control exercise should
be an option for chronic low back pain patients among
other forms of exercise. The researchers indicated
that the choice should be up to the patient and his/her doctor/therapist as to what
works. (3) Minster Chiropractic Center talks with each Minster back
pain sufferer to find out what exercise will work and will be
performed. That’s the key!
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates the value of exercise incorporation into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal
Pain Management.
Set up your Minster
chiropractic appointment soon. When chronic low back
pain has slowed your life down, Minster Chiropractic Center’s
chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will
do may well restore your pace of life.
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