Healthy News - May 2021

West Des Moines chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to resist the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors witness it every day. West Des Moines back pain patients avoid lifting or worry about over-doing it with their spines for things like lifting out of fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers report that chronic low back pain patients tend to protect their spines by lifting utilizing a diminished lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long period of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may encounter more loading due to altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a pretty normal response in back pain patients. Don’t feel weird if you do this for a while! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we guide our back pain patients to return to normal spinal motions slowly as their pain decreases and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via West Des Moines chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa and you will get there together! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is your partner in controlling back pain, so it doesn’t control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing the activities of daily life and her job, including bending, lifting and twisting.

West Des Moines chiropractic nutrition integration is important, particularly when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is seen in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A new study on the effects of curcumin reports improvement in cognitive impairment and lessening of chronic pain due to compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is said to alleviate chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by lowering inflammatory cytokines. (2) Sciatica is irritation of the sciatic nerve resulting in leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you notice issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be considered in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and West Des Moines sciatic leg pain. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa does!

CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa

Thank you for trusting Executive Chiropractic of Iowa with your healthcare needs. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive West Des Moines chiropractic treatment plan, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa and you will find a way to pain relief together! We look forward to seeing you at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for your next appointment! Schedule today!