Executive Chiropractic of Iowa Shares Tips on How to Reduce Negative Effects of Back Pain on Your Life
Quality of life. That is the central factor in aging well and enjoying life to its fullest. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is grateful to work with West Des Moines chiropractic patients to boost their odds of aging well and relishing the best quality of life possible. West Des Moines back pain patients understand that knowing what factors might adversely affect their quality of life and their options to lessen the influence of those factors.
FACTORS INFLUENCING BACK PAIN AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Musculoskeletal diseases like osteoporosis, knee arthritis, disc degeneration and related back pain negatively impact quality of life. These conditions often arise in mid-life and older life, rendering life not very pleasant. Researchers reported on factors that seem to reduce the odds of acquiring these conditions. What are they? Lower body mass index (BMI). Good spinal alignment. Greater back muscle strength. No trouble with locomotion syndrome – trouble with moving from one position to another, one place to another. Good body balance. With such good factors in place, middle aged and older folks can expect a better quality of life. (1) Further, since lumbar spine extensor muscles are known to be key issues in motor control functions like balance, efforts to strengthen these particularly are critical to try to reverse such problems as balance control. (2) Exercise is manytimes a part of the chiropractic treatment plan for West Des Moines back pain patients. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows that back pain sufferers have many healthcare forms of care from which to choose and shares what the researchers say about such options.
SURGICAL OUTCOMES
To benefit most out of an option, the circumstances must be optimal. Back surgery may not always be the choice option for every West Des Moines back pain patient. Undergoing back surgery doesn’t always result in the desired outcome, especially for patients with back pain due to lumbar spinal stenosis. The pain and disability that accompany it stayed around for 29% to 42% of patients who reportedly experienced minimal to no benefit from back surgery. (3) Today’s guidelines of care for back pain recommend non-surgical options like spinal manipulation first. Chiropractic care incorporates spinal manipulation. Chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa incorporates Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression spinal manipulation to get the desired pain reduction outcome.
West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC CARE OUTCOMES
Chiropractic researchers are presently looking into the particular effects of chiropractic care’s spinal manipulation on balance, strength and endurance improvement in patients with low back pain, particularly active military personnel as 20% of all disability discharges were related to back pain. (4) Low back pain is a frequent cause of disability in the military. Seeing as how military personnel are people like us all, this study’s findings will be interesting! Another study that added chiropractic - spinal manipulative therapy to the low back and adjacent regions along with other therapeutic approaches like rehabilitative exercise, cryotherapy, superficial heat, and other manual therapies - to usual medical care - self-care, medications, physical therapy, and pain clinic referral – enhanced short-term outcomes in low back pain intensity and disability in active duty military. (5) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa gathers these positive studies to share with our West Des Moines back pain patients.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Michael McMurray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details his care of a back pain patient who attained relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Manipulation, improved his quality of life notwithstanding his lumbar spinal stenosis condition.
Schedule your next West Des Moines chiropractic visit. Together, you and Executive Chiropractic of Iowa will set a course to ensure your quality of life in middle and older age is as enjoyable as possible without the harmful influence of back pain and other uncomfortable musculoskeletal diseases.
