Latest News in Gentle McHenry Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain Relief
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) slows life down for its sufferers. McHenry chronic low back pain sufferers want their lives back. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers a chiropractic treatment plan with options that do just that. The treatment plan often incorporates chiropractic spinal manipulation like Cox® Technic together with gentle exercise and nutrition. A couple new insights about effective exercise interventions are shared here for our McHenry back pain patients’ consideration as it is up to you to select what exercise works for you!
WALKING AND MIND-BODY THERAPIES: Gentle Exercise Options
Walking works, so do mind-body therapies like yoga. An analysis of 31 randomized control trials of 3193 participants, walking came across as effective as control interventions for short term relief of chronic low back pain and somewhat superior for intermediate term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more beneficial to reduce pain and improve activity in the short term. Combining both walking and yoga was suggested to be a beneficial combination for CLBP patients. (1) In an analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials, yoga was reported to decrease pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve functional disability from short to long term compared to non-exercise, usual care, and education. But it had equal effects on pain and disability as other exercise modes or physical therapy. (2) Most everyone can take a stroll. Some enjoy physical therapy exercise. Most can do yoga if they want. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows not every exercise option may be our McHenry back pain sufferer’s “thing”! Options are key to participation...and OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One group of researchers wrote that up-to-date evidence does not propose that any single form of exercise is better than any other for back pain relief. That is interesting! They did state that exercise is modestly effective treatment for CLBP, a substantial health and socioeconomic issue (cost, disability, missed work). The most common form of exercise for back pain relief was described as being motor control exercise which works on the deep muscles and their coordination. Supposedly not superior to other forms of exercise, motor control exercise should be an option for chronic low back pain patients among other types of exercise. The researchers indicated that the choice should be up to the patient and his/her doctor/therapist as to what works. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic talks with each McHenry back pain sufferer to learn about what exercise will work and will be performed. That is the key!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the value of exercise integration into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your McHenry chiropractic appointment soon. When CLBP has slowed your life down, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic’s chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will do can get your life’s pace back to speed.
