July 2024 Healthy News from Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Chronic Pain Helped with Chiropractic, Mindfulness & Peppermint
CHRONIC BACK PAIN RELIEF WITH CHIROPRACTIC
Chronic back pain sends many sufferers to their doctors for help. Chronic back pain’s impact on the sufferer and his/her “default mode network” of living often has something to do the years lived with pain: the longer the pain stage the more influence the pain has on the patient and his/her cognitive pain coping attitude. (1) Not shocking, but it is now published and will likely be analyzed more. It’s also known that lumbar spinal stenosis patients vary in their symptom severity and improvement path from “improving” to “fluctuating/improving” to “persistent.” (2) Back pain is truly an individual journey, one your chiropractor goes on with you as chiropractic care’s spinal manipulation tops clinical practice guidelines’ lists of noninvasive, non-drug pain therapies. (3) As a matter of published fact, non-surgical, conservative care options lead treatment recommendations lists. Spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte, is a leading recommendation in many treatment recommendation lists by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. (4) Using chiropractic care and such methods as mindfulness - which has been shown to improve pain-related functions - may be quite beneficial for you. (5)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel and his chronic back pain patient on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the utilization of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment protocols to manage chronic back pain and return some joy to life.
Ashburn and Herndon CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Peppermint Oil: A Relaxing Boost!
We all may be in need of a boost on occasion. The past few stressful years are catching up with us. Whether you are tired or healing, peppermint may put some energy into your system. A recent study shared that inhalation of peppermint post-back-surgery reduced patients’ anxiety and pain levels. (6) Another study found that peppermint oil inhalation lowered cardiac surgery patients’ post-op nausea. (7) Adding peppermint oil to a footbath for adolescents with primary headache disorder found that both the control and participant groups had a significant decrease in headache pain and decrease in anxiety over time with no adverse events. 95.6% of the participants liked and recommended this! (8) Craving some relaxation? Peppermint oil may be your friend!
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is pleased to be your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor and values your sharing your chiropractic experience with family and friends! We look forward to seeing you soon!
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