Williamson Back Pain Benefits from Good Sleep
The exercise topic of the month is…sleep?! Weird? Not at all! Sleep is just as crucial as exercise for pain management including back pain management. Apple Country Chiropractic helps many Williamson pain sufferers cope with their spine, neck, and back pain with chiropractic spinal manipulation, nutrition advice, and exercise direction. Sleep – good sleep – is added to that list for a good purpose!
CONTROLLING BACK PAIN
Since low back pain often is a condition for life that is sporadic, a condition that is handled rather than cured, it is a good thing that researchers are looking into just how a back pain sufferer can take charge of the Williamson back pain and how often it ‘rears its head.' Question any back pain sufferer and you’ll know that keeping the pain away is a goal. But how? Researchers are studying sleep, fatigue, emotion, and more to find out. Apple Country Chiropractic shares the term “flare” as it has to do with a back pain episode.
BACK PAIN FLARE
A Williamson low back pain flare is one that consists of increased pain, paresthesia, or muscle tension, increased duration of symptoms, reduced functional (social, cognitive, physical), and negative emotions. Researchers found that back pain sufferers don’t consider their back pain to be a flare just because of increased pain, so healthcare professionals need to look past the pain to know what else is influencing the pain event, what psychosocial factors are involved. (1,2) The mind-body connection cannot always be overlooked! Nor can the time of day that pain is experienced.
PAIN: MORNING NOON AND NIGHT
Patients suffering with low back pain for more than 3 months were studied to see what might trigger a flare up of their pain. Researchers discovered that poor sleep quality and morning pain were risks for such flare-ups. Increased pain risk rose with days of more afternoon and evening pain, fatigue, and fear of activity. Sleep is suggested to decrease the intensity, frequency, and risk of back pain flares. (3) The quality of sleep also plays a role in how Williamson back pain is experienced.
SLEEP QUALITY
A study of sleep quality in mature adults in six middle-income countries uncovered that women had more sleep problems. Further, age, depression, low back pain, and poor self-rated health were also significantly associated with sleep problems. (4) Sleep, perceived stress, and anxiety contribute to chronic low back pain. Luckily, sleep quality is capable of mediating anxiety, making sleep a practical recommendation in the treatment plan. (5)
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ted Siciliano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to deliver relieving treatment for his arm pain and numbness that was keeping him from getting sleep.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment today. Let us talk sleep next time you are in for a visit!
