Largo 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 Hollstrom & Associates Inc 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 can see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Hollstrom & Associates Inc encourages our Largo back pain patients and neck pain patients to take part in their back pain relief process. It can make a difference. It may perhaps even change your life for the better. Many Largo chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study weren’t actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with studies emphasizing the importance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating? 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 made a special plan to address 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 discovered that a mix of approaches to reduce disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one certain intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Hollstrom & Associates Inc tries to do whatever it takes to help our Largo back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced nonspecific chronic low back pain equally 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 helped fearful patients with their strength and stabilization in a timely fashion, decreasing pain intensity and enhancing trunk flexors. (3) Hollstrom & Associates Inc shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Ever heard the saying “There is an app for that!”? Hollstrom & Associates Inc is positive you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you manage self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently collecting data on the effectiveness of various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data, researchers plan to fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others with similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be tailored for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on what others with similar conditions found helpful and relieving. (4) Hollstrom & Associates Inc looks forward to saying “There is an app for that!" Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows that some of our Largo 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 outlines how back pain patients can best help themselves to the best back pain relief possible.
Schedule a Largo chiropractic appointment soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Be ready to be involved in your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” was not offered once you are feeling better regarding back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active part of the relief process.
