La Grande Depression due to Back Pain Helped with Cox® Technic
The mind-body connection. It is real. And in no other condition than one related to the spine is this more real. The spine is the body’s support system. When it hurts, the body knows it. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows it, too. La Grande back pain and neck pain and spine-related pain patients know it, too. The chiropractic treatment plan at our office for spine-related pain efficiently soothes both body and mind pain to allow our patients to discover a satisfying quality of life. Back pain’s depression often is relieved with our Cox® Technic System of decompression.
MIND AND BODY: DEPRESSION IN BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Top causes of disability globally include musculoskeletal diseases and mental disorders like anxiety and depression. A study of a specific set of patients, those with lumbar spondylolisthesis, demonstrated how anxiety and depression influence a person’s well-being. Emotional distress and disability that patients experience negatively affects their overall well-being. (1) A recent review of medical studies links these two concerns, too. Anxiety and cervical/lumbar disc herniation, mood/anxiety and lower bone mineral density in men, chronic low back pain and depression, life satisfaction improvement and bone loss prevention in postmenopausal women, quality of life deterioration and increased osteoporotic fractures. Adults over 45 old with musculoskeletal diseases mentally wrestle with the impact these matters have on their lifestyle. (2) That is where chiropractic care comes into play. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers evidence-based chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to alleviate pain and give control of it in the hands of our La Grande patients. There is hope. There is life during and after treatment. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is here for our La Grande back pain patients every step of the way. Taking anti-depressants – anti-cholinergic drugs - may not be the answer depressed back pain patients want. They are shown to increase the risk of dementia with prolonged use. These drugs stop the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system. (3) We all need clear minds to deal with life with and without back pain.
THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY OF BACK PAIN
Depression and anxiety are states of mind most everyone contends with at some point in life. For chronic low back pain patients, depression and anxiety frequently go hand-in-hand with their pain experience. Logically, higher levels of depression often result from more pain and a lower sense of personal control of pain and overall health. More anxiety often comes from deeper beliefs about negative consequences of illness, negative emotional views of the illness, and depression. These conclusions support the need for more honest advising of chronic back pain patients. (4) You can trust Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to be honest!
HELP FOR DEPRESSION: La Grande CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Help for back pain depression is built into the chiropractic treatment plan, especially exercise. Exercise is beneficial for the body. That’s an accepted fact. Is exercise good for the mind? For those of us dealing with chronic low back pain – La Grande chiropractic patients and your La Grande chiropractor – the more exact wonder is whether exercise is good for chronic low back pain patients’ minds. A recent study reports that symptoms of depression were reduced in such adults who used exercise (low dose) and manual therapy and/or general strengthening and moderate exercise. (5) Neither came out ahead of the other. Both indicated promise in lessening depression. That’s good news. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC makes sure that La Grande chiropractic patients know this and provides safe, gentle, effective, pain-relieving treatment.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Casey Johnston on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who presents a patient who has experienced more than one episode of back pain and keeps going with conservative, non-operative chiropractic care using gentle Cox® Technic to control his back pain and not let it control him.
Schedule a La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC today. Our Cox® Technic decompression spinal manipulation will help ease your back pain related depression. Plus, your mind and body will be thankful that you did. Really!
