West Des Moines Chiropractic Plan for Pain Relief and Prevention with Exercise
“Must I exercise?”
“Only exercise if you want to feel better faster and prevent pain,“ your West Des Moines chiropractic encourages.
“How long do I have to exercise each day?”
“Not long, just properly,” Executive Chiropractic of Iowa advises.
Exercise is not every West Des Moines back pain or neck pain patient’s ‘cup of tea’. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa understands. Exercise is also so vital to our back and neck pain patient’s recovery and future prevention of the pain. We are with our West Des Moines chiropractic patients all along the way to make the most of the exercise effort so that it pays off in pain relief and prevention.
OPTIMAL NECK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Neck pain sufferers understand how pain may reduce their ability to look around comfortably. Such neck pain patients were assessed for their cervical range of motion and pain intensity with a flexion-rotation test. They were then instructed to do a 20-minutes cervical spine exercise session. Half of them were then additionally treated with manual therapy applied to the C0-C1 and C2-C3 cervical spine levels. Those who did the exercise program and were treated managed significantly better as far as range of motion, pain intensity reduction, and the flexion-rotation test. (1) Another study reported that the optimal stretching time of cervical muscles in patients with chronic myofascial pain syndrome was 30 seconds as opposed to 15 or 60 seconds or no stretching. This allowed the most benefit to pain intensity reduction while minimizing any adverse effects on neural function of the affected nerve roots and central nervous system. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa always emphasizes that the appropriate exercise done in the right way does not have to take long to be useful! Additionally, exercise puts some control in the hands of its sufferer since exercise can be done anytime.
OPTIMAL LOW BACK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Integrating exercise training into the multidisciplinary treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain does make sense. This type of back pain impacts so many people globally and is a primary source of disability. Proper exercise training transitions the back pain sufferer to self-management. Recently, researchers proposed that pain intensity and disability - and even mental health struggles in such back pain patients - were improved with choices like resistance and aerobic exercise while Pilates, resistance exercise, yoga, and stabilization exercise. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa agrees! Exercise is valuable on so many fronts.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise for spinal stenosis back pain relief.
Make your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment now. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa answers the exercise questions of “Do I have to?” and “How long?” with “Yes” and “The time it takes which may be in 30 second spurts.” We’re partners for your pain relief and prevention!
