“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I stop hurting.” are just two comments OrthoIllinois Chiropractic and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all
the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the easiest and quickest way possible. This is not
always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make
friends with it to some extent. We can see it for what it is.
Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic encourages
our McHenry back pain patients and neck pain patients to take
part in their back pain relief process. It makes
a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for
the better. Many McHenry chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study were not actively engaged in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with studies
emphasizing the importance of patient-engagement
with treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating?
In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making,
and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the
interfering offending factors that interfered with
patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a distinctive
plan to address these issues and raise
the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises,
lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One
study discovered that a variety of approaches to lessen
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
tries to do whatever it takes to help our McHenry
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It decreased
nonspecific chronic low back pain just as well as back-strengthening
exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations because
of back pain play a role, whole body
electrical stimulation improved patients’
strength and stabilization in a timely fashion, reducing
pain intensity and enhancing trunk flexors. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There’s
an app for that!”? OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is certain you have! Not
alarming in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you keep track of self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now
collecting data on the usefulness of
various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months
for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data,
researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have
benefited others experiencing similar issues. Each
patient’s app will then be tailored for
self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions found helpful and
relieving. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic looks forward to saying “There's an app for
that!" OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows that some of our McHenry back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how
back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic appointment
soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be so happy that the pill or “something” was not offered once you are feeling better regarding
back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active
part of the relief process.