Healthy News - May 2021

Oxford chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to resist the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors see fear avoidance every day. Oxford back pain sufferers avoid lifting or worry about using their spines for things like lifting out of fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers report that chronic low back pain patients tend to protect their spines by lifting using a reduced lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long period of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may experience more loading due to altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a natural response in back pain patients. Do not feel funny if you do this for some time! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we encourage our back pain patients to get back to normal spinal motions slowly as their pain decreases and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via Oxford chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. Satterwhite Chiropractic and you will get there together! Satterwhite Chiropractic is your partner in controlling back pain, so it doesn’t control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing the activities of daily life and her job, like bending, lifting and twisting.

Oxford chiropractic nutrition integration is important, particularly when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

Oxford CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is seen in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A recent study on the effects of curcumin describes improvement in cognitive impairment and reduction of chronic pain as a result of compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is reported to alleviate chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by lowering inflammatory cytokines. (2) Sciatica is irritation of the sciatic nerve causing leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you note issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be thought about in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and Oxford sciatic leg pain. Satterwhite Chiropractic does!

CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic

Thank you for confiding in Oxford chiropractic care for your healthcare needs. Satterwhite Chiropractic is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive Oxford chiropractic treatment plan, Satterwhite Chiropractic and you will find a way to pain relief together! We look forward to visiting with you at Satterwhite Chiropractic for your next visit! Schedule today!