WORDS DESCRIBING PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO
YOUR CHIROPRACTOR
“Why are you asking me all these
questions, doc?”
Our Carrolltown chiropractic patients are central
to our practice. We want
to understand each you and your pain experience well,
treat you well, and ensure that you are satisfied with your care
and outcome. That is why we ask you to explain
your pain to us, sometimes several times and in several
different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort”
to one may mean “pain” to another while “stiffness” is
“pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It is true! Researchers studied
just what these different words mean to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain was
sharp/shooting, discomfort signified dull/tingling, stiffness was
tight/restricted. (1) It's important for us
to know our patient’s experience with pain to better meet
expectations and boost satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain
and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being
greatest pain) and reported multiple pain
locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of
17). Those are quite typical of reasons
patients pursue chiropractic care! In this setting, patients were satisfied with the
collaboration amongst the various healthcare team members due to
the trust they had in their physician. Patients appreciated
consistency in care from a single caregiving chiropractor. (2)
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows our patients appreciate - and can expect - these
same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!
Carrolltown CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: Strengthen
Multifidus Muscles While Standing
Back pain. It’s a simple description that may
stem from many factors including the muscles of the spine,
those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, smaller, deep muscles that run parallel to the
spine from the cervical spine to the sacrum. These muscles assist
movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted.
(3) Lately, researchers suggested that the multifidi
may be a possible source of back pain since they are found to be stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is linked to lumbodorsal musculature (which includes the
multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus
well enough which may prevent low back pain initiated
by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing
back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally beneficial in
strengthening these multifidus muscles. (5) That is great
news! Carrolltown back pain sufferers can do easy, standing
exercises like this anywhere! The multifidi benefit!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes
the value of improving muscle strength and
function as part of back pain treatment via the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Schedule your next Carrolltown
chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles
will be strengthened via proper exercise to lessen and
potentially avert back pain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will ask you questions, and you
are welcome to ask Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation questions, too!