West Des Moines Exercise and Spinal Manipulation Recommended for Older Adult Back Pain

Geriatric back pain patients find relief with combined chiropractic care: spinal manipulation and mobilization plus exercise. That’s what new best practices guidelines recommend. Surprised? Of course not! Your West Des Moines chiropractor takes care of your spine, and you treat your spine! Together, your West Des Moines chiropractor and you the West Des Moines back pain sufferer create a great spine care team. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is your local West Des Moines chiropractic care center where West Des Moines back pain patients meet their West Des Moines chiropractor to set a treatment plan to relieve pain as well as a plan to prevent future back pain.

A new high-level research review reaffirms that spinal manipulation is safe for older adults suffering with back pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa appreciates this verification! How did they do this? The systematic review of all published articles over a 7 year period updated current recommendations. Thirty-seven panelists participated in this best practices guidelinesupdate and review. In the end, they approved current statements regarding the best practices for chiropractic care of older adults with back pain. They reinforced the present statement about the safety of spinal manipulation for these patients. The panel inserted two additional notes of advice that (1) chiropractors should advise exercise to these older adult back pain patients and (2) manipulation and mobilization contribute to general positive outcomes not just for pain reduction. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa concurs! West Des Moines chiropractic patients frequently look for care to eliminate their back pain. Then, they discover West Des Moines chiropractic care that does more than just back pain relief. Chiropractic incorporation of nutrition, exercise, and wellness care encourages them to embrace a healthier approach to life.

This chiropractic care starts with back pain relief. The spinal manipulation approach Executive Chiropractic of Iowa employs is called Cox Technic. In research studies regarding this approach, it’s known that radiculopathy (leg pain), chronic moderate/severe back pain and recurrent mild back pain (pain than comes and goes) react better to chiropractic Cox Technic than to medical conservative care. This study also showed that chronic/recurrent – back pain that returns several times a year – responds better to exercise. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa recognizes that exercise is critical to control back pain and prevent future back pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa encourages all our West Des Moines chiropractic patients to exercise.

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to discuss West Des Moines back pain relief and prevention in older adults with West Des Moines chiropractic care and appropriate West Des Moines exercise. Your West Des Moines chiropractor and you will collaborate as well as recommended spinal manipulation and exercise do to safely and successfully ease low back pain.