Pflugerville Chiropractic Exercise Recommendation Benefits for Sleep and Back Pain

Exercise. Pflugerville back pain sufferers hear the recommendation to exercise often. Pflugerville Wellness Center recommends it, too. Exercise continues to show its benefit for relief of low back pain and its prevention…plus a new report shows benefit for better sleep quality!

EXERCISE FOR RELIEF OF THE BURDEN OF LOW BACK PAIN

Low back pain is a problem for the low back pain sufferer, the family, the community, and the healthcare system. Healthcare providers and researchers investigate suggested long-term ways to reduce this problem for whose sufferers’ disability continues. Exercise tops the list of non-invasive, non-drug general recommendations along with manual therapy and massage. (1) Pflugerville Wellness Center offers itself as the Pflugerville back pain specialty clinic to which many back pain sufferers see.

BACK PAIN SPECIALIST’S PLAN FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF ADDS EXERCISE

Numerous chronic back pain sufferers take themselves to their primary care practitioners first. It’s a pretty normal experience. Primary care recommendations for chronic low back pain care usually involve exercise, oral prescriptions of NSAIDs and SNRI’s like duloxetine. In research, there is a curious statistic called “number to treat” which indicates the number of patients with a certain condition who need to have it done the treatment recommendation for 1 of them to find benefit. In this recent study, the number to treat for 1 chronic low back pain patient to report benefit from exercise was 7, from NSAIDs 6, and SNRIs 10. Of these three options, exercise was the only intervention that showed sustained chronic low back pain relief after the intervention ended and up to 48 weeks later. (2) Exercise is a valued, self-management, non-drug alternative for chronic low back pain patients. Pflugerville Wellness Center always incorporates it in the Pflugerville chiropractic treatment plan. Exercise puts some control of chronic low back pain in our Pflugerville chiropractic patients’ hands.

WHAT ABOUT SLEEP AND EXERCISE?

An additional beneficial patient-controlled option is sleep-and-exercise. Lack of sleep – time and/or quality – is a problem for so many Pflugerville chiropractic patients. Pflugerville Wellness Center often hears our patients bring up sleep difficulties. Sleep is renewing for the body and the mind. Exercise is manytimes prescribed to address sleep and mood issues. An interesting study about the relationship between sleep and exercise features some interesting findings in young women and men. Each is different! Men who exercised more frequently reported falling asleep quicker, less daytime trouble, and less depressive mood. Women who exercised more frequently went to bed early, experienced improved sleep quality, and reported more benefit from sleep, less depressive mood, and less anger. (3) Regular exercise is important for so many concerns!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Pamela Aaron on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes a case of a young lady with low back pain and her treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and strengthening exercise that improved her condition.

Schedule your Pflugerville chiropractic appointment now. “Exercise.” It is a recommendation Pflugerville Wellness Center will keep sharing for back pain relief and prevention in addition to improved sleep.

Pflugerville Wellness Center shares recent research about the benefit of exercise for back pain relief and sleep.  
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