McHenry Chiropractic Plan for Pain Relief and Prevention with Exercise
“Do I have to exercise?”
“Only exercise if you want to feel better faster and prevent pain,“ your McHenry chiropractic replies.
“How much time do I have to spend exercising each day?”
“Not long, just properly,” OrthoIllinois Chiropractic suggests.
Exercise is not every McHenry back pain or neck pain patient’s ’thing’. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic understands. Exercise is also so key to our back and neck pain patient’s recovery and future prevention of the pain. We are with our McHenry chiropractic patients all along the way to get the most of the exercise effort so that it results in pain prevention and relief.
OPTIMAL NECK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Neck pain sufferers know how pain may decrease their ability to look around comfortably. Such neck pain patients were tested for their cervical range of motion and pain intensity with a flexion-rotation test. They were then instructed to do a 20-minutes cervical spine exercise session. Half of them were then also treated with manual therapy applied to the C0-C1 and C2-C3 cervical spine levels. Those who did the exercise program and received manual therapy did significantly better in terms of range of motion, pain intensity reduction, and the flexion-rotation test. (1) Another research project revealed that the optimal stretching time of cervical muscles in patients with chronic myofascial pain syndrome was 30 seconds as opposed to 15 or 60 seconds or no stretching. This allowed the most benefit to pain intensity reduction while diminishing any negative effects on neural function of the involved nerve roots and central nervous system. (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic always stresses that the appropriate exercise performed in the right way does not have to take long to be useful! Additionally, exercise places some control in the hands of its sufferer since exercise can be performed anytime.
OPTIMAL LOW BACK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Incorporating exercise training into the multidisciplinary treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain makes sense. Such back pain affects so many people around the world and is a foremost cause of disability. Proper exercise training transitions the back pain sufferer to self-management. Recently, researchers suggested that pain intensity and disability - and even mental health issues in these back pain patients - were enhanced with options like resistance and aerobic exercise while Pilates, resistance exercise, yoga, and stabilization exercise. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic agrees! Exercise is invaluable on so many fronts.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise for spinal stenosis back pain relief.
Make your McHenry chiropractic appointment today. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic answers the exercise questions of “Do I have to?” and “How long?” with “Yes” and “The time it takes which may be in 30 second increments.” We are partners for your pain relief and prevention!
