Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Fort Wayne Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Fort Wayne back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat plays a role in healing. When paired - heat with electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic recommends that Fort Wayne 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 lead the list of things 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 seek ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a overly large decrease in pain as a result of a small reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is one 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 Fort Wayne back pain patient, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic 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 are in pain. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial proved them right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even held at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic directs Fort Wayne 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 especially comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integrates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment today! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Fort Wayne pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Fort Wayne back pain sufferer, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is prepared to use it!
