Oxford Fear of Back Pain Relieved with Satterwhite Chiropractic
Fear of the “damaged spine.” It’s a most common feeling to have about any number of things in life. Fear avoidance. It is common in Oxford back pain sufferers. When back pain becomes part of life, fear avoidant behavior also creeps in with it. Back pain specialists like your Oxford chiropractic physician are aware of the effects of fear and fear avoidance on Oxford back pain and neck pain patients. Fear prevents Oxford back pain sufferers from doing the simplest things because they worry that they may hurt. The spine is pretty resilient, but when it’s damaged its sturdiness disappears in the mind of its owner. Satterwhite Chiropractic assists Oxford back pain sufferers contain the fear of back pain via information, care, and movement.
The Sense of Fear
Fear itself makes sense. If you have pain with something, you seek to avoid that something like shuffling paper in a way that you get a paper cut or bending a certain way that elicits leg pain. If you have back pain when you move, you attempt not to move like that to avoid back pain. Avoiding back pain-provoking activity for a Oxford back pain sufferer wanting to protect his or her damaged back makes good sense. Researchers point out though that if a back pain sufferer experiences pain in the early days of back pain and doesn’t make a big deal out of it, he or she doesn’t get trapped in trying to avoid movement, in the fear avoidance cycle. (1) Satterwhite Chiropractic understands with the Oxford back pain patient who does not want to move too much out of fear that his or her back will hurt again or maybe even worse than before. Satterwhite Chiropractic positively gets Oxford back pain sufferers moving and performing their normal activities of daily life one tiny motion at a time!
Gentle Care and Motion
Satterwhite Chiropractic joins motion into its in-office chiropractic care and its at-home recommendation care. Satterwhite Chiropractic is all about motion and relieving back pain and the fear that accompanies it. Incorporating manipulation to the treatment of low back pain earlier sped up the success of manipulation on back pain relief and lowered the use of medication to control the pain. (2) The Oxford chiropractic treatment plan at Satterwhite Chiropractic encompasses gentle, comforting Cox Technic to open the spinal canal and lighten pressure on the spinal nerves as well as bring motion back to the spine as the back pain and/or leg pain eases.
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Fear may be a good thing, too. Fear of back surgery may get a back pain sufferer to seek non-surgical care as available at Satterwhite Chiropractic. Listen in to this podcast of a patient who did not want a second back surgery and found relief with Cox Technic. He even returned to exercising and moving which he quit due to pain!
Schedule a Oxford chiropractic appointment at Satterwhite Chiropractic to lessen your fear of your “damaged back” and help you start moving again!
