Latest News in Gentle West Des Moines Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain Relief
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) negatively impacts life for its sufferers. West Des Moines chronic low back pain sufferers want their lives back. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers a chiropractic treatment plan with options that do just that. The treatment plan often involves chiropractic spinal manipulation like Cox® Technic as well as gentle exercise and nutrition. A couple new insights about effective exercise interventions are shared here for our West Des Moines back pain patients’ consideration as it’s for you to decide to select what exercise suits you!
WALKING AND MIND-BODY THERAPIES: Gentle Exercise Options
Walking works, so do mind-body therapies like yoga. An analysis of 31 randomized control trials of 3193 participants, walking was found to be as effective as control interventions for short term relief of chronic low back pain and somewhat superior for intermediate term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more effective for pain and activity limitation improvement in the short term. Combining both walking and yoga was proposed as a beneficial combination for chronic low back pain patients. (1) In an analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials, yoga was reported to decrease pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve functional disability from short to long term when compared with non-exercise, usual care, and education. However it had the same effects on pain and disability as other exercise modes or physical therapy. (2) Most everyone can walk. Some like physical therapy exercise. Most can perform yoga if they want. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows not every exercise option may be our West Des Moines back pain sufferer’s “thing”! Options are key to participation...and Executive Chiropractic of Iowa has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One set of researchers wrote that current evidence doesn’t propose that any single form of exercise is better than any other for back pain relief. That’s interesting! They did state that exercise is modestly effective treatment for chronic low back pain, a significant health and socioeconomic issue (cost, disability, missed work). The most common form of exercise for back pain relief was described as being motor control exercise working on the deep muscles and their coordination. Reportedly not superior to other types of exercise, motor control exercise should be an option for chronic low back pain patients among other kinds of exercise. The researchers suggested that the choice should be up to the patient and his/her doctor/therapist as to what works. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa talks with each West Des Moines back pain sufferer to find out what exercise will work and will be done. That’s the most important factor!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the value of exercise integration into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment soon. When CLBP has slowed life down for you, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa’s chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will do can get your life’s pace back to speed.
