March 2017 Healthy News for Baton Rouge Chiropractic Patients
In a new report, researchers share treatment outcomes of patients with implanted spinal stimulators for post-surgical continued back pain management. Patients with these devices have “failed back surgery syndrome” with continued back pain post surgically. After being treated with chiropractic spinal manipulation or mobilization, patients with these stimulators reported no adverse side effects. (1) The first rule of being a physician is “Do no harm”. Spinal manipulation and mobilization meet that rule in this study’s findings. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers offers Baton Rouge chiropractic care that does not harm. Schedule a visit today!
Chronic Neck Pain Patients Walk More Stiffly
Chronic neck pain patients seem to walk more stiffly. Why? Their stride is shorter and their mid-spine does not rotate as much. This will likely have long term effects on the spine. (2) What to do? Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers’s recommendation: Don’t let neck pain become chronic. Seek Baton Rouge chiropractic care relief sooner than later, and walk more easily.
Post-Back Surgery or Not, Exercise 150 minutes a Week!
National guidelines recommend that we all get 150 minutes of exercise weekly. How many of us Baton Rouge folks do? Just 52%! Sadly, even fewer - just 26% - post-back surgery patients do this. It’s shown that 150 minutes keeps post-surgical back pain patients moving and away from another surgery. They also feel less back pain after surgery. (3) Physical exercise is so important. Our Baton Rouge chiropractic practice urges all of our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients to do something every day like take a little walk.
Placebo and Pain Meds for Back and Leg Pain Similar
NSAIDs offer similar pain relief and overall improvement as placebo but with higher risk of adverse side-effects says a new meta-analysis, a high form of research reporting. And NSAIDs continue to be one of the most frequently prescribed meds for sciatica! (4) NSAIDs are reported as effective for spine pain in a different study, but the difference is not clinically relevant between NSAIDs and placebo. It further states that there are no simple analgesics that give clinically important relief over placebo. (5) Well, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is here to help with Baton Rouge chiropractic non-drug pain-relieving care! Contact Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers today for an appointment.
March may be the month of luck and green-leafed clovers, but luck is also being prepared for the opportunity/issue/problem before us. When it comes to back pain, neck pain, arm pain and leg pain, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is. Our Baton Rouge chiropractic care practice is pleased to share these new advances and findings with our Baton Rouge chiropractic friends and family!
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