Fear of the “damaged spine.” It is a most common
feeling to have about any number of things in life. Fear avoidance.
It’s common for McHenry back pain sufferers. When
back pain becomes part of life, fear avoidant behavior also creeps in with it. Back pain specialists like your
McHenry chiropractic physician recognize the effects
of fear and fear avoidance on McHenry back pain and neck pain
patients. Fear keeps McHenry back pain
sufferers from doing the simplest things out of concern that they may make the pain worse. The spine
is rather resilient, but when it is damaged
its sturdiness disappears in the mind of its
owner. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic helps McHenry back pain
sufferers manage the fear of back pain with
information, care, and movement.
The Sense of Fear
Fear itself makes sense. If you have
pain with something, you seek to avoid that something like
shuffling paper in a way that you get a paper cut or bending a certain way that
produces leg pain. If you suffer
with back pain when you move, you seek not to move like
that to avoid back pain. Avoiding back pain-producing activity
for a McHenry back pain sufferer wanting to protect his or her
damaged back makes good sense. Researchers explain though that
if a back pain sufferer experiences pain in the early days of
back pain and doesn’t make a big deal out of it, he
or she does not get trapped in trying to avoid
movement, in the fear avoidance cycle. (1) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic understands
with the McHenry back pain patient who doesn’t desire
to move too much because of fear that his or her back will
hurt again or maybe even worse than that last time.
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic successfully gets McHenry back pain
sufferers moving and doing their normal activities of daily life
one small motion at a time!
Gentle Care and Motion
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic incorporates motion
into its in-office chiropractic care and its at-home recommendation care. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
is all about motion and relieving back pain and the fear that accompanies it. Incorporating manipulation to the
treatment of low back pain earlier increased the effectiveness
of manipulation on back pain relief and lowered the use of
medication to control the pain. (2) The McHenry chiropractic
treatment plan at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic encompasses gentle, soothing
Cox Technic to open the spinal canal and lighten
pressure on the spinal nerves as well as bring motion back to the
spine as the back pain and/or leg pain eases.
Make an Appointment
Fear may be a good thing, too. Fear of back surgery may spur
a back pain sufferer to seek non-surgical care as available at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Listen
in to this podcast of a patient who did not want a second back
surgery and got relief with Cox Technic. He even returned
to exercising and moving which he quit due to pain!
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic appointment at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to ease your fear of your “damaged back” and get
you moving!
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