Healthy News - May 2021

Minster chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to not give into the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors witness fear avoidance every day. Minster back pain sufferers avoid lifting or worry about over-doing it with their spines for things like lifting due to fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers write that chronic low back pain patients tend to protect their spines by lifting using a diminished lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long stretch of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may experience extra loading due to altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a pretty normal response in back pain patients. Don’t feel funny if you do this for a while! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we guide our back pain patients to return to normal spinal motions gradually as their pain reduces and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via Minster chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. Minster Chiropractic Center and you will get there together! Minster Chiropractic Center is your partner in controlling back pain, so it doesn’t control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing normal motions of daily life and her job, including bending, lifting and twisting.

Minster chiropractic nutrition integration is important, particularly when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

Minster CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is seen in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A new study on the effects of curcumin describes improvement in cognitive impairment and lessening of chronic pain due to compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is reported to ease chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by lowering inflammatory cytokines. (2) The sciatic nerve is irritated in sciatica causing leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you note issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be considered in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and Minster sciatic leg pain. Minster Chiropractic Center does!

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Thank you for confiding in Minster chiropractic care for your healthcare needs. Minster Chiropractic Center is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive Minster chiropractic treatment plan, Minster Chiropractic Center and you will find a way to pain relief together! We look forward to seeing you at Minster Chiropractic Center for your next appointment! Schedule today!