West Des Moines Chiropractic Back Pain Relief Benefits from Regular Exercise
Independence. It is an admirable quality. Sometimes. When it comes to exercise, getting a little guidance more often is better. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is ready to be your guide! West Des Moines back pain sufferers can count on Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to establish, demonstrate and supervise a pain-relieving exercise routine specially for you!
BENEFIT OF SUPERVISED EXERCISE
Research demonstrates that supervised exercise therapy produces significant symptom relief and improved quality of life for patients with intermittent claudication by increasing maximal walking distance in just 90 days. Sadly, it’s underutilized. Home based exercise therapy with observation tools like a pedometer or logbook and walking are other beneficial alternatives to supervised exercise, allowing a bit more of the desired independence. (1) West Des Moines back pain patients may benefit in the same way these back pain sufferers do. Spinal stenosis back pain patients would appreciate walking more in such a way!
MORE REGULAR SUPERVISED SESSIONS BENEFICIAL
A recent study reports that supervised physical therapy for lumbar spinal stenosis patients gave significant short-term improvements in symptom severity, walking distance, pain, physical activity and function compared with unsupervised. (2) A follow-up study compared a more specialized schedule of supervised physical therapy visits – twice a week and once a week - to home exercise. It reports specifically that 6 weeks of supervised physical therapy twice a week for lumbar spinal stenosis patients provided significant short term improvements in the severity of symptoms, physical function, back and leg pain and gait disturbance rather than once a week PT visits and home exercise exclusively. (3) Our West Des Moines back pain patients would embrace all these improvements, undoubtedly!
EXERCISE AS PART OF AN OVERALL BACK PAIN RELIEF TREATMENT PLAN
Improvement is the goal in managing back pain. Independence only gets you so far when dealing with back pain. There is always a tipping point when the pain just can’t be put up with any longer! Then a visit to the doctor is planned. Many articles are written about the choice of healthcare provider a back pain sufferer sees first sets the course for resulting care. (That was the subject of another blog!) Regarding exercise and physical therapy for back pain, though, these are conservative management forms that are often too rarely used while opioid prescriptions are very common in the year before elective lumbar spine surgery: 84.4% opioid prescription and 14.6% minimum of 6 exercise therapy sessions. (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is honored to be chosen for back pain relief. Your West Des Moines chiropractor is a well-trained West Des Moines back pain specialist whose treatment plan includes the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and exercise.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic visit with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Together, we’ll set up a thorough treatment plan for your pain relief that will allow a nice balance of independence and supervision for best West Des Moines back pain relief.
