Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in McHenry Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many McHenry back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat plays a part in healing. When paired - heat and electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but subside. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic advises that McHenry back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold lead the listing of things that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors try to find ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a disproportionately large decrease in pain as a result of a small decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is one familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a McHenry back pain patient, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic will consider its use.
BENEFIT OF HEAT AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF
Heat feels good. Electrical stimulation feels good. Back pain and neck pain sufferers seek feeling “good” when they are in pain. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a better way control it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and enhance patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial showed that they were right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even recorded at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic guides McHenry back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination boost each other’s benefit.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Homer on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. For some conditions like spasmodic torticollis, heat can be particularly comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integrates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic appointment today! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological McHenry pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a McHenry back pain sufferer, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is ready to try it!
