Executive Chiropractic of Iowa Encourages Adding Mindfulness to Chiropractic Back Pain Care
Mind-body-SPINE connection. The mind-body connection is in the health news a lot. Being part of the chiropractic profession, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa adds “spine” to this connection, making it much more specific to what we see in our West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients. When the spine hurts, the mind and body cannot help but hurt, too. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa creates individualized West Des Moines chiropractic treatment plans for spine pain, back pain, neck pain and related arm and leg pain sufferers that include chiropractic treatment, nutrition, and home exercise. Adding mindfulness practices to such spine care practices is many times beneficial and encouraged.
MIND-BODY-SPINE PAIN
Spine pain, back pain, neck pain tires a person. Pain often keeps a sufferer from doing what he or she wants/needs to do and from experiencing a joyful life. When working with your West Des Moines chiropractor at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa on the physical pain relief, a back pain sufferer can choose a mindful approach to coping with the mind and its struggle with the pain and associated depression and/or fluctuating levels of sadness is reported to help. In a study of mindfulness-based therapy specifically for back pain sufferers with a lumbar disc herniation, researchers found that mindfulness-based treatment had a positive effect on pain beliefs and psychological well-being. (1) Further, researchers uncovererd that even in countries with accessible, well-developed mental health services, those services are not well-utilized. Use is better than it used to be with all the notice mental health has seen of late. Many don’t seek it out as they may. One interesting note about those who do seek help resulted from their knowing someone with a mental health issue which supportively influenced them to seek help for their own issue. (2) Whether you know someone who suffers with a mental health issue or not, don’t avoid reaching out for help with depression related to West Des Moines back pain. Today, there are many options to get support for pain-related depression. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers evidence-based treatment via the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to deal with the physical side of spine pain and encourages our West Des Moines back pain sufferers to consider utilizing a mindfulness practice to cope with the mind’s mental part of spine pain.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the spinal care for back pain relief with Cox® Technic and integration of methods like mindfulness, nutrition, exercise, etc.
Schedule your next West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. Managing the “spine” part of the mind-body-spine connection is chiropractic’s strong suit. Adding a mindfulness approach is a West Des Moines chiropractic patient’s choice, one that is turning out to be beneficial.
