Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Largo Back Pain Treatment

December 28, 2019

What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Hollstrom & Associates Inc gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Largo back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and recommended in initial treatment phases, but heat has a role in healing. When paired - heat with electrical stimulation - pain cannot refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Hollstrom & Associates Inc advises that Largo back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as appropriate for pain relief.

BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF

Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold lead the list of things that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors seek ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a overly large reduction in pain due to a small reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is a well-known and documented manner to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Largo back pain patient, Hollstrom & Associates Inc will consider its use.

BENEFIT OF HEAT AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF

Heat feels good. Electrical stimulation feels good. Back pain and neck pain sufferers seek feeling “good” when they don’t. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it’s a significant cause of disability, bigger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for a better way manage it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce better pain relief and enhance patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial showed that they were right! They discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even held at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc directs Largo back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination boost each other’s benefit.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Homer on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. For some conditions like spasmodic torticollis, heat can be particularly comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.

Schedule your Largo chiropractic appointment today! Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Largo pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Largo back pain sufferer, Hollstrom & Associates Inc is ready to try it!

 
Hollstrom & Associates Inc utilizes heat and electrical stimulation for Largo pain relief.