Chronic low back pain (CLBP) slows
life down for its sufferers. Pflugerville chronic low back pain
sufferers look forward to getting their lives back. Pflugerville Wellness Center
offers a chiropractic treatment plan with options that do exactly
that. The treatment plan often involves chiropractic
spinal manipulation like Cox® Technic together with gentle
exercise and nutrition. A few of the latest
insights about effective exercise interventions are presented here
for our Pflugerville back pain patients’ consideration as it’s
up to you to select what exercise suits you!
WALKING AND MIND-BODY THERAPIES: Gentle Exercise Options
Walking works, so do mind-body therapies like yoga. An analysis
of 31 randomized control trials of 3193 participants, walking was
found to be as effective as control interventions for short term relief of
chronic low back pain and somewhat superior for intermediate
term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more beneficial
to reduce pain and improve activity
in the short term. Doing both yoga and walking
was proposed as a valuable combination
for chronic low back pain patients. (1) In an analysis of 18
randomized controlled trials, yoga was reported
to decrease pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve
functional disability from short to long term when compared with
non-exercise, usual care, and education. However it had equal
effects on pain and disability as other exercise modes or physical therapy.
(2) Most everyone can take a stroll. Some enjoy physical
therapy exercise. Most can perform yoga if they so desire.
Pflugerville Wellness Center knows not every exercise option may be
our Pflugerville back pain sufferer’s “thing”! Options
are key to participation...and Pflugerville Wellness Center has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One group of researchers wrote that current
evidence does not propose that any single
form of exercise is better than any other for back
pain relief. That is interesting! They did state that
exercise is modestly effective treatment for CLBP,
a significant health and socioeconomic issue (cost,
disability, missed work). The most
common type of exercise for back pain relief was reported to be motor control exercise working
on the deep muscles and their coordination. Reportedly not
superior to other forms of exercise, motor control exercise should
be an alternative for chronic low back pain patients among
other types of exercise. The researchers indicated
that the choice should be up to the patient and his/her doctor/therapist as to what
works. (3) Pflugerville Wellness Center talks with each Pflugerville back
pain sufferer to find out what exercise will work and will be
performed. That’s the key!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates the value of exercise integration into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal
Pain Management.
Make your Pflugerville
chiropractic appointment now. When chronic low back
pain has slowed your life down, Pflugerville Wellness Center’s
chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will
do may well restore your pace of life.
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