Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Shares Tips on How to Reduce Negative Effects of Back Pain on Your Life
Quality of life. That is the important factor in aging well and taking pleasure in life to its fullest. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is privileged to work with Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients to enhance their chances of aging well and enjoying the best quality of life possible. Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients appreciate knowing what factors might adversely impact their quality of life and their options to diminish the influence of those factors.
FACTORS INFLUENCING BACK PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Musculoskeletal diseases like osteoporosis, knee arthritis, disc degeneration and related back pain decrease quality of life. These conditions often happen in mid-life and older life, making life not very pleasant. Researchers found factors that seem to reduce the odds of acquiring these conditions. What are they? Lower body mass index (BMI). Fine spinal alignment. Greater back muscle strength. No issue with locomotion syndrome – trouble with switching positions. Good body balance. With all of these good factors in place, middle aged and older folks can expect a better quality of life. (1) Further, since lumbar spine extensor muscles are known to be important factors in motor control functions like balance, attempts to strengthen these particularly are important to try to reverse such problems as balance control. (2) Exercise is often a part of the chiropractic treatment plan for Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn knows that back pain sufferers have many healthcare forms of care from which to choose and shares what the researchers say about the options.
SURGICAL OUTCOMES
To get the most out of an option, the circumstances must be optimal. Back surgery may not always be the choice option for every Ashburn and Herndon back pain patient. Undergoing back surgery doesn’t always produce fully the desired outcome, particularly for patients with back pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis. The pain and disability that accompany it stayed around for 29% to 42% of patients who supposedly had minimal to no benefit from back surgery. (3) Today’s guidelines of care for back pain recommend non-surgical options like spinal manipulation first. Chiropractic care is all about spinal manipulation. Chiropractic care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is all about Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression spinal manipulation to get the sought after pain reduction outcome.
Ashburn and Herndon CHIROPRACTIC CARE OUTCOMES
Chiropractic researchers are currently looking into the specific effects of chiropractic care’s spinal manipulation on balance, strength and endurance better outcomes in patients with low back pain, especially active military personnel as 20% of all disability discharges were associated with back pain. (4) Low back pain is a frequent reason for disability in the military. Seeing as how military personnel are people like the rest of us, this study’s findings will be interesting! In another study, the addition of chiropractic care - spinal manipulative therapy to the low back and adjacent regions along with other therapeutic approaches like rehabilitative exercise, cryotherapy, superficial heat, and other manual therapies - to usual medical care - self-care, medications, physical therapy, and pain clinic referral – improved short-term outcomes in low back pain intensity and disability in active duty military. (5) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn gathers these helpful studies to share with our Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Michael McMurray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details his care of a back pain patient who attained relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Manipulation, improved his quality of life notwithstanding his lumbar spinal stenosis condition.
Schedule your next Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic visit. Together, you and Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn will set a course to make sure your quality of life in middle and older age is as enjoyable as possible without the harmful influence of back pain and other uncomfortable musculoskeletal diseases.
