West Des Moines Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation and Exercise Relieve Pain

If you experience back pain, you want a quick fix. One treatment. Someone else to cure it. Done. Like most things in life, it’s not that easy. Each of us must take part in our lives and our recoveries. Your West Des Moines chiropractor has a partnering chiropractic treatment plan that can lead to back pain and/or neck pain relief. Are you ready?

LOW BACK PAIN CHIROPRACTIC CARE: NON-INVASIVE, PAIN RELIEVING

First of all, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa recognizes that there are many back pain relief options. In an attempt to determine what options works in managing acute and chronic low back pain, researchers analyzed randomized control trials, systematic reviews and well-written clinical guidelines to try to make some sense of all the options: general behavior, pharmacological therapy, psychological therapy, specfic exercise, active rehab and education, manual therapy, physical modalities, and invasive procedures. There are lots of options! In the end, manual therapy, spinal manipulation, and massage for acute and chronic low back pain were strongly to marginally recommended, getting scores of A to C. Further, spinal  manipulation was  backed by three high-quality trials, one systemic review (SR), plus a couple clinical guidelines for acute low back pain.  For chronic LBP, four higher quality trials, two SRs, and  four clinical guidelines reported evidence to support pain improvement with spinal manipulation. Additionally, three  moderate quality trials supported pain improvement with chiropractic approaches for treating chronic LBP. Among many other findings, this one particularly stood out though: Of the many clinical trials with a variety of invasive treatments, there was insufficient evidence for surgery as a treatment of chronic low back pain. (1) There are conditions for which back surgery is necessary, and your chiropractor knows this and works collaboratively with spinal surgeons. For many, West Des Moines chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa features non-invasive care of acute and chronic low back pain. A great starting place!

West Des Moines BACK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE

A combined effort for back pain relief works. 241 low back pain patients were randomized to three combos of care: spinal manipulation (SMT) two times a week for 3 weeks with multifidus activating exercise or spinal mobilizing exercise or additional SMT sessions. Significant differences were noted for those patients in the SMT plus multifidus activating exercise group. Low back pain and its management is multi-factorial. This one study was able to show positive effects with SMT plus multifidus strengthening exercises. (2) We will talk about at-home exercise to boost your relief.

West Des Moines NECK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE

What about neck pain? A combined approach works with it too. Regarding neck pain and upper cervical rotation restriction, patients who got manual therapy and did cervical exercises at home experienced significantly better outcomes in disability, pain, and function. Four 20-minute manual therapy sessions plus exercise and an at-home exercise routine provided evidence of being superior to  just exercise and a home-exercise program.  Neck disability indices, flexion-rotation tests, pain intensities, and more improved. (3) So do your exercises we recommend! They really do help. Layering treatment with personal care works.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses treatment of cervical spine and arm pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that incorporates SMT and exercise.

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Are you ready for back and neck pain relief? We will do our part. You do yours, and relief may be yours!

 
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa presents new studies that show relief of neck pain and back pain with combined approaches of spinal manipulation and exercise. 
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