Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Juneau Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Aurora Chiropractic Center gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Juneau back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and recommended in initial treatment phases, but heat plays a part in healing. When put together - heat and electrical stimulation - pain can’t refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Aurora Chiropractic Center advises that Juneau back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold lead the list of options that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors look for ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionately large reduction in pain due to a small 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 positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a Juneau back pain patient, Aurora Chiropractic Center will consider using it.
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’s a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial demonstrated that they were right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even noted at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Aurora Chiropractic Center guides Juneau back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all sorts of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination improve 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 particularly 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 Juneau chiropractic appointment today! Aurora Chiropractic Center offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Juneau pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Juneau back pain sufferer, Aurora Chiropractic Center is prepared to use it!
