West Des Moines Depression due to Back Pain Helped with Cox® Technic
The mind-body connection. It is real. And in no other condition than one related to the spine is this more real. The spine is the support for the body. When it hurts, the body knows it. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows it, too. West Des Moines back pain and neck pain and spine-related pain patients know it, too. Our chiropractic treatment plan for spine-related pain efficiently soothes both body and mind pain to allow our patients to find an enjoyable quality of life. Back pain’s depression often is lessened with our Cox® Technic System of decompression.
MIND AND BODY: DEPRESSION IN BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Leading causes of disability around the world include musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders like anxiety and depression. A report of patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis exemplified how anxiety and depression influence a person’s well-being. Emotional distress and disability that patients experience negatively impacts their overall well-being. (1) A new review of medical studies connects these two concerns, too. Anxiety and cervical/lumbar disc herniation, mood/anxiety and lower bone mineral density in men, chronic low back pain and depression, life satisfaction improvement and bone loss prevention in postmenopausal women, quality of life deterioration and multiple osteoporotic fractures. Adults over 45 years of age with musculoskeletal diseases mentally wrestle with the impact these matters have on their lifestyle. (2) That is where chiropractic care helps. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers evidence-based chiropractic care in the form of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to ease pain and place control of its effect on our back pain patients’ lives back into their hands. There is hope. There is life during and after treatment. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is prepared for our West Des Moines back pain patients every step of the way. Using anti-depressants – anti-cholinergic drugs - may not be the answer depressed back pain patients want. They are shown to increase the risk of dementia with long-term use. These drugs block the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system. (3) We all need clear minds to deal with life with and without back pain.
THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY OF BACK PAIN
Depression and anxiety are states of mind most everyone contends with at some point in life. For chronic low back pain patients, depression and anxiety often go together with their pain experience. Logically, higher levels of depression often result from more pain and a lower sense of personal control of pain and overall health. More anxiety often comes from deeper beliefs about negative effects of illness, negative emotional views of the illness, and depression. These findings support the need for more honest advising of chronic back pain patients. (4) You can trust Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to be honest!
HELP FOR DEPRESSION: West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Help for back pain depression is built into the chiropractic treatment plan, especially exercise. Exercise is good for the body. That is an accepted fact. Is exercise good for the mind? For those of us dealing with chronic low back pain – West Des Moines chiropractic patients and your West Des Moines chiropractor – the more exact wonder is whether exercise is good for chronic low back pain patients’ minds. A new study states that symptoms of depression were reduced in such adults who did exercise (low dose) and manual therapy and/or general strengthening and moderate exercise. (5) Neither came out ahead of the other. Both indicated promise in reducing depression. That’s good news. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa ensures that West Des Moines chiropractic patients get this and delivers safe, gentle, effective, pain-relieving treatment.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Casey Johnston on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who presents a patient who has experienced more than one episode of back pain and keeps going with conservative, non-surgical chiropractic care using gentle Cox® Technic to control his spine-related pain and not let it control him.
Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Our Cox® Technic decompression spinal manipulation will help ease your back pain related depression. Plus, your mind and body will be glad you did. Really!
