Minster Back Pain Patients Tips for Waiting on Relief: Walking, Breathing, Walking
Liminality. Waiting. Transitioning. The holidays have many of us transitioning and waiting to holiday gatherings and a new year. Back pain has some of us Minster back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on the arrival of pain relief as well. The waiting is sometimes the toughest part. Waiting for the big holiday and waiting for the relief of back pain or neck pain are filled with anticipation. Exercising, breathing, and walking are positive ways to deal with the liminality. Minster Chiropractic Center is right beside our Minster chiropractic patients as they wait.
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY
Back pain specialists will often assign ice/heat/exercise for home care. New studies are describing how deep breathing exercises (especially the pursed-lips version which patients reported as more calming and pleasant with a more sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths a minute for 10 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks effectively brought about positive outcomes to enhance autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which created time to be in a ‘liminal space’ to ponder on one’s struggles, find calmness, and process current feelings) (3) are useful. Minster Chiropractic Center supports any of these practices to enhance the healing, pain-relieving course of action with Minster chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
A fascinating outcome from a study done in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – described the thinking state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers employ to cope with their pain and its path to recovery. Researchers interviewed sciatic low back pain sufferers. Sciatica comes with its own distinctive set of issues in terms of its persistence and symptom severity. Researchers described the concept of “biographical suspension” as it applies to sciatica patients who tend to put life on hold while expecting an ultimate return to their prior, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also handling distress. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, strengthened by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term illness. Even those who had sciatic leg pain for some time maintained this belief. (4) Minster Chiropractic Center is manytimes amazed by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover a treatment that works for them. They frequently talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try many different approaches as they just know there is help. Minster back pain and Minster leg pain patients often find that relief when they finally arrive at Minster Chiropractic Center as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal condition, its treatment, its expected outcome, and its treatment plan including the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule directs both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) reduce the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits turn to every other day). Minster Chiropractic Center is always monitoring the back and leg pain sufferer’s progress toward pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how what the patient expects influences their pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your next Minster chiropractic appointment soon. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope combined with a little worry. Minster Chiropractic Center knows this and has the wisdom to walk this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be experienced alone!
