Healthy News - May 2021

McHenry chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to not give into the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors see it every day. McHenry back pain patients stay away from lifting or worry about using their spines for things like lifting due to fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers report that chronic low back pain patients tend to protect their spines by lifting using a diminished lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long period of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may encounter extra loading because of altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a natural reaction in back pain patients. Do not feel weird if you do this for a while! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we encourage our back pain patients to return to normal spinal motions slowly as their pain reduces and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via McHenry chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic and you will get there together! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is your partner in controlling back pain, so it doesn’t control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing normal motions of daily life and her job, like bending, lifting and twisting.

McHenry chiropractic nutrition integration is important, particularly when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

McHenry CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is seen in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A new study on the effects of curcumin reports improvement in cognitive impairment and lessening of chronic pain due to compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is reported to ease chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by reducing inflammatory cytokines. (2) Sciatica is irritation of the sciatic nerve resulting in leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you note issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be considered in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and McHenry sciatic leg pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic does!

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Thank you for trusting OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with your healthcare needs. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive McHenry chiropractic treatment plan, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic and you will find a way to pain relief together! We look forward to visiting with you at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for your up-coming visit! Schedule today!