West Des Moines Back Pain Patients Tips for Waiting on Relief: Walking, Breathing, Walking
Liminality. Waiting. Transitioning. The holidays have many of us waiting and transitioning to holiday gatherings and a new year. Back pain has many of us West Des Moines back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on a state of pain relief as well. The waiting is at times the hardest part. Waiting for the big holiday and waiting for the relief of back pain or neck pain are packed with anticipation. Exercising, breathing, and walking are positive ways to cope with the liminality. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is right beside our West Des Moines chiropractic patients as they wait.
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY
Back pain specialists will frequently assign ice/heat/exercise for home care. New studies are describing how deep breathing exercises (particularly the pursed-lips version which sufferers reported as more calming and pleasant with a more sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths a minute for 10 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks effectively produced positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which allocated time to be in a ‘liminal space’ to ponder on one’s struggles, relish some calmness, and process current thoughts) (3) are useful. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa encourages any of these ideas to augment the healing, pain-relieving process with West Des Moines chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
A fascinating outcome from a study performed in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – described the thinking state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers employ to cope with their pain and its path to recovery. Researchers interviewed low back and sciatica sufferers. Sciatica is accompanied by its own unique set of issues in terms of its persistence and severity of symptoms. Researchers described the concept of “biographical suspension” as it applies to sciatica patients who seem to put life on hold while expecting an eventual return to their prior, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also managing worry. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, bolstered by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term disease. Even those who had sciatic leg pain for some time kept this belief. (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover a treatment that works for them. They oftentimes talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try many different approaches as they just know there is help. West Des Moines back pain and West Des Moines leg pain patients often find that relief when they finally arrive at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal problem, its treatment, its expected outcome, and its treatment plan comprising the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule guides both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) decrease the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits turn to every other day). Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is always monitoring the back and leg pain sufferer’s progress toward pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the role of patient expectations in their pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your next West Des Moines chiropractic appointment today. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope mixed with a little worry. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa understands this and has the experience in walking this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be experienced alone!
