Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Fernandina Beach Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – hot or cold? Bet you said ‘hot’! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat has a role in healing. When paired - heat with electrical stimulation - pain can’t help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic advises that Fernandina Beach 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 top the listing 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 irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors try to find ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large reduction in pain due to a small reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented manner to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a Fernandina Beach back pain patient, Amelia 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’s a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition globally. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial proved them correct! They discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even noted at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic guides Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination enhance 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 incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Fernandina Beach pain relief. If heat is soothing and relieving to a Fernandina Beach back pain sufferer, Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is ready to use it!
