West Des Moines Chiropractic Care for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain
Work. We all must do it. Everyone’s job requires posture(s) that may elicit pain at one point or another. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa sees the pain! Many West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients who come to chiropractic share stories of work-related pain. We are here to help!
TREATING AND PREVENTING WORKPLACE MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is poised in its skill to relieve and manage work-related musculoskeletal pain for our West Des Moines chiropractic patients. Not too surprisingly, 81.7% of office workers in one study had musculoskeletal pain in at least one area. Back pain was the most frequently experienced pain for 54.8%. Neck and shoulder pain were after that. Interestingly, musculoskeletal system pain was found to be high in office workers whose physical activity levels were reported as low. 58.5% of these workers reported being “active” physically, 37.3% were less active, 4.1% were very active. (1) Research shows that in-the-workplace exercise interventions were effective in treating musculoskeletal disorders and in reducing pain for office workers. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa appreciates the optimism this brings for our West Des Moines back and neck pain patients!
WHAT EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS WORK?
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa manages work-related pain within the guidelines of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which incorporates gentle spinal manipulation along with exercise, nutrition and other recommendations. We appreciate researchers’ description of work-related musculoskeletal pain disorders as those painful issues induced by inadequate usage of the musculoskeletal system during work. Exercise, education, ergonomic direction, massage are pretty typical ways of managing and trying to prevent pain. Most recommendations like this were for workers to do outside of the workplace. Recently, researchers proposed the benefit of specific, individualized, resistance strengthening exercises in the workplace to reduce pain, fatigue, and discomfort in worker’s neck and upper extremities. (3) That’s a good idea. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa sees the value in taking care of oneself at home and in the workplace!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes treatment of cervical radiculopathy with arm and neck pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. After months of pain and trying all sorts of treatments, she found relief.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. We all work. There’s no arguing that! If work and its postures are painful, let’s have a talk. Together, we can figure out a way to reduce and prevent workplace musculoskeletal pain.
