Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Williamson Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – hot or cold? Bet you said ‘hot’! Apple Country Chiropractic gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Williamson back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and recommended in initial treatment phases, but heat plays a part in healing. When paired - heat and electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and soothe pain. Apple Country Chiropractic recommends that Williamson 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 top the list 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 irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors try to find ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large decrease in pain due to a slight reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Williamson back pain patient, Apple Country Chiropractic 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 hurt. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition globally. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial proved them right! They discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even recorded at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Apple Country Chiropractic directs Williamson back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all sorts 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 Williamson chiropractic appointment today! Apple Country Chiropractic offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Williamson pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Williamson back pain sufferer, Apple Country Chiropractic is ready to use it!
