Williamson Fear of Back Pain Relieved with Apple Country Chiropractic
Fear of the “damaged spine.” It’s a most common feeling to have about any number of things in life. Fear avoidance. It is common for Williamson back pain sufferers. When back pain becomes part of life, fear avoidant behavior also creeps in with it. Back pain specialists like your Williamson chiropractic physician are aware of the effects of fear and fear avoidance on Williamson back pain and neck pain patients. Fear prevents Williamson back pain sufferers from doing the simplest things because they worry that they may hurt. The spine is pretty sturdy, but when it is damaged its sturdiness disappears in the mind of its owner. Apple Country Chiropractic assists Williamson back pain sufferers cope with the fear of back pain with information, care, and movement.
The Sense of Fear
Fear itself makes sense. If you suffer pain with something, you seek to avoid that something like shuffling paper in a way that you get a paper cut or bending a certain way that produces leg pain. If you experience back pain when you move, you seek not to move like that to avoid back pain. Avoiding back pain-provoking activity for a Williamson back pain sufferer wanting to protect his or her damaged back makes good sense. Researchers point out though that if a back pain sufferer feels pain in the early days of back pain and does not make a huge deal out of it, he or she does not get caught in trying to avoid movement, in the fear avoidance cycle. (1) Apple Country Chiropractic understands with the Williamson back pain patient who doesn’t want to move too much due to fear that his or her back will hurt again or maybe even worse than before. Apple Country Chiropractic successfully gets Williamson back pain sufferers moving and doing their normal activities of daily life one small motion at a time!
Gentle Care and Motion
Apple Country Chiropractic incorporates motion into its in-office chiropractic care and its at-home recommendation care. Apple Country Chiropractic is all about motion and relieving back pain and the fear that accompanies it. Incorporating manipulation to the treatment of low back pain earlier enhanced the effectiveness of manipulation on back pain relief and decreased the use of medication to control the pain. (2) The Williamson chiropractic treatment plan at Apple Country Chiropractic includes gentle, comforting Cox Technic to make larger the spinal canal and lighten pressure on the spinal nerves as well as bring motion back to the spine as the back pain and/or leg pain improves.
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Fear may be a good thing, too. Fear of back surgery may lead a back pain sufferer to seek non-surgical care like that offered at Apple Country Chiropractic. Listen in to this podcast of a patient who didn’t want a second back surgery and got relief with Cox Technic. He even returned to exercising and moving which he stopped due to pain!
Schedule a Williamson chiropractic appointment at Apple Country Chiropractic to lessen your fear of your “damaged back” and help you start moving again!
