West Des Moines Stress and Its Contribution to Back Pain
From nurses to firefighters, from children to older folks - and all of us in between - work-related stress is stressful. It influences our sense of pain and often triggers sessions of back pain and neck pain and back-related and neck-related pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is ready to help squash the impact of work-related stress as much as possible. West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients bring everything – including their stress – with them to Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. You can, too! Together, we’ll handle work-stress and back and neck pain.
WORK-RELATED STRESS
Work-related stress messes with us. It reveals itself through pain. None of us is resistant to stress, not even a kid! A kid’s work is being a kid and attending school on the path to adulthood. Along the way, kids get job-related stress. The pressures of grades and peers and news and learning problems get to them. Adolescents get low back pain, too. Depression, anxiety, coercion, uncomfortable relationships, extreme academic pressures, and disappointing school lives may all put college students at risk for chronic low back pain. (1) 11% of firefighters reported moderate to extremely severe work-related stress. 40% described musculoskeletal symptoms with back pain being the most mentioned. More stress related to more such symptoms. (2) Trash collectors said they had back pain issues – upper back pain 89%, shoulder pain 81%, wrist/hand pain 79%, neck pain 68% - which stressed them out more. (3) Researchers found that psychological factors and fear-avoidance behaviors caused 11.8% of nursing care facility workers’ stating that chronic low back pain disrupted their work. (4) It is an unusual person whose job is pure happiness and stress-free. The rest of us find ways to cope. Your West Des Moines chiropractor is by your side.
CHIROPRACTIC FOR THE STRESSED
Chiropractors like yours at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa see stressed-out patients. One study found that more than 30% of chiropractic patients described themselves as moderately to severely stressed. Over 50% felt stress had a moderate or greater effect on their current pain. 71% stated that it would be useful if their chiropractic care had some stress-coping strategies. 44% were interested in taking a course to boost their stress management skills. (5) Chiropractic care is available to all, regardless of age or profession. Your West Des Moines chiropractor is equipped to diagnose the physical cause of back pain and neck pain and to correlate any work-related stress that may be contributing to your West Des Moines back pain and neck pain. The discussion of how to more successfully cope with stress via lifestyle modifications, exercise, etc., helps many West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients improve with the West Des Moines chiropractic treatment plan.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Hayden on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who enjoys working with the toughest, stressed-out back pain and neck pain patients with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as part of the chiropractic treatment plan.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa welcomes everyone suffering with West Des Moines back pain and neck pain conditions. Together, we will devise a treatment plan for your relief.
