Oxford Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management

“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Satterwhite Chiropractic and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least effort required and quickest way possible. This isn’t always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Satterwhite Chiropractic encourages our Oxford back pain patients and neck pain patients to take part in their back pain relief process. It can make a difference. It may well alter your life for the better. Many Oxford chiropractic patients have lived this.

SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS

Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study weren’t actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with papers highlighting the significance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients involved? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering offending factors that reduced patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a distinctive plan to deal with these issues and increase the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises, lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One study found that a variety of approaches to reduce disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one certain intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Satterwhite Chiropractic tries to do whatever it takes to help our Oxford back pain and neck pain patients!

SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS

This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It decreased nonspecific chronic low back pain just as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain are a part of the problem, whole body electrical stimulation improved patients’ strength and stabilization in good time, dropping pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Satterwhite Chiropractic shares such alternatives to help our patients.

SELF-MANAGEMENT APP

Ever heard the saying “There’s an app for that!”? Satterwhite Chiropractic is positive you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the works to help you manage self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently collecting data on the usefulness of various interventions at various times for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection, researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others with similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be customized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions found helpful and relieving. (4) Satterwhite Chiropractic looks forward to saying “There is an app for that!" Satterwhite Chiropractic knows that some of our Oxford back pain patients will love this!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain relief.

Schedule a Oxford chiropractic visit soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Satterwhite Chiropractic. Be ready to be engaged with your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” wasn’t offered once you are feeling better in terms of back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active part of the relief process.

Satterwhite Chiropractic calls on back pain sufferers to participate in their own back pain relief recovery.  
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