“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I stop hurting.” are just two comments Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all
the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least
effort required and fastest way possible. This isn’t
always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make
friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is.
Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic encourages
our Montreal back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It can make
a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for
the better. Many Montreal chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study weren’t actively involved in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with studies
highlighting the significance of patient-engagement
with treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients involved?
In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making,
and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the
interfering offending factors that reduced
patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a special
plan to address these issues and raise
the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises,
lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One
study found that a mix of approaches to drop
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
tries to do whatever it takes to help our Montreal
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced
nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening
exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations because
of back pain play a role, whole body
electrical stimulation improved patients’
strength and stabilization in a timely fashion, reducing
pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Ever heard the saying “There is
an app for that!”? Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is certain you have! Not
alarming in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the
works to help you keep track of self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now
gathering data on the effectiveness of
various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months
for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data,
researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have
benefited others with similar issues. Each
patient’s app will then be personalized for
self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions found helpful and
relieving. (4) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic looks forward to saying “There is an app for
that!" Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic knows that some of our Montreal back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how
back pain patients may help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a Montreal chiropractic visit
soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be so happy that the pill or “something” was not available once you are feeling better regarding
back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active
part of the relief process.