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

May 16, 2017

Geriatric back pain patients benefit from combined chiropractic care: spinal manipulation and mobilization plus exercise. That’s what new best practices guidelines recommend. Shocked? Of course not! Your West Des Moines chiropractor treats your spine, and you treat your spine! Together, your West Des Moines chiropractor and you the West Des Moines back pain sufferer make 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 pain relieving treatment plan as well as a plan to prevent future back pain.

A recent high-level research review reiterates that spinal manipulation is a safe way to relieve back pain in older adults. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa values this verification! How did they do this? Researchers reviewed all published articles from 7 years to update current recommendations. Thirty-seven panelists contributed to this best practices guidelinesupdate and review. Conclusively, they approved current statements about the best practices for chiropractic care of older adults with back pain. They reinforced the existing statement about the safety of spinal manipulation for older back pain patients. The panel inserted two supplementary notes of advice that (1) chiropractors should suggest exercise to back pain patients who are older and (2) manipulation and mobilization do more than just reduce pain; they improve overall outcomes of care. (1) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa agrees! West Des Moines chiropractic patients frequently look for care to eliminate their back pain. Then, they find West Des Moines chiropractic care that does more than just back pain relief. Chiropractic incorporation of nutrition, exercise, and wellness care allows them to embrace a healthier approach to life.

This chiropractic care starts with back pain relief. The spinal manipulation approach Executive Chiropractic of Iowa uses is known as Cox Technic. In research studies about this approach, it is known that radiculopathy (leg pain), chronic moderate/severe back pain and recurrent mild back pain (pain than comes and goes) respond better to chiropractic Cox Technic than to medical conservative care. This study also showed that chronic/recurrent – back pain that recurs several times a year – responds better to exercise. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows exercise is important to control back pain and prevent future back pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa urges all our West Des Moines chiropractic patients to help themselves with exercise.

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic visit with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to talk about 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 act as a team as well as recommended spinal manipulation and exercise do to safely and successfully ease low back pain.