Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Auburn Back Pain Treatment
What is more comforting – hot or cold? Bet you said ‘hot’! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Auburn back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat has a part in healing. When combined - heat with electrical stimulation - pain can’t help but subside. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and soothe pain. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. recommends that Auburn back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat decreases the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold lead the listing of options that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, speaking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors try to find ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionately large reduction in pain due to a small decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a Auburn back pain patient, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. 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 patients seek feeling “good” when they don’t. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and enhance patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial showed that they were right! They found 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 got better. (3) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. guides Auburn back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination enhance 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 especially 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 Auburn chiropractic appointment today! Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Auburn pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Auburn back pain sufferer, Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is ready to try it!
