Latest News in Gentle Oxford Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain Relief
Chronic low back pain (CLBP) slows life down for its sufferers. Oxford chronic low back pain sufferers look forward to getting their lives back. Satterwhite Chiropractic has a chiropractic treatment plan with options that do just that. The treatment plan often incorporates chiropractic spinal manipulation like Cox® Technic as well as gentle exercise and nutrition. A couple recent insights about effective exercise interventions are shared here for our Oxford back pain patients’ consideration as it is up to you to choose 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 slightly superior for intermediate term pain relief and activity limitation improvement while yoga was more beneficial for pain and activity limitation improvement in the short term. Doing both yoga and walking was suggested to be a valuable combination for CLBP patients. (1) In an analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials, yoga reportedly decreased pain in the short to intermediate term and to improve functional disability from short to long term compared to 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 walk. Some enjoy physical therapy exercise. Most can perform yoga if they so desire. Satterwhite Chiropractic knows not every exercise option may be our Oxford back pain sufferer’s "cup of tea”! Options are essential to participation...and Satterwhite Chiropractic has them!
MOTOR CONTROL EXERCISES
One set of researchers wrote that current evidence does not indicate that any single type of exercise is superior to any other for back pain relief. That is interesting! They did report that exercise is modestly effective treatment for CLBP, a substantial health and socioeconomic issue (cost, disability, missed work). The most common type of exercise for back pain relief was described as being motor control exercise working on the deep muscles and their coordination. Supposedly not superior to other forms of exercise, motor control exercise should be an alternative for chronic low back pain patients among other forms of exercise. The researchers suggested that the choice should be up to the patient and his/her doctor/therapist as to what works. (3) Satterwhite Chiropractic chats with each Oxford back pain sufferer to find out what exercise will work and will be performed. That’s the most important factor!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the advantage of exercise incorporation into The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your Oxford chiropractic appointment soon. When chronic low back pain has slowed your life down, Satterwhite Chiropractic’s chiropractic treatment plan with Cox® Technic and exercise that you will do may well restore your pace of life.
