La Grande Chiropractic Exercise Recommendation Benefits for Sleep and Back Pain
Exercise. La Grande back pain sufferers get the recommendation to exercise often. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC recommends it, too. Exercise continues to show its benefit for relief of low back pain and its prevention…and a new report shows benefit for better sleep quality!
EXERCISE FOR RELIEF OF THE BURDEN OF LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain is a burden for the low back pain sufferer, the family, the community, and the healthcare system. Healthcare providers and researchers analyze suggested long-term ways to reduce this problem for whose sufferers’ disability continues. Exercise leads the list of non-invasive, non-drug general recommendations along with manual therapy and massage. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is the La Grande back pain specialty clinic to which many back pain sufferers go.
BACK PAIN SPECIALIST’S PLAN FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF ADDS EXERCISE
Many chronic back pain sufferers visit their primary care practitioners first. It’s a pretty normal experience. Primary care recommendations for chronic low back pain care usually involve exercise, oral prescriptions of NSAIDs and SNRI’s like duloxetine. In research, there is a curious statistic called “number to treat” which denotes the number of patients with a certain condition who need to undergo the treatment recommendation for 1 of them to find benefit. In this new study, the number to treat for 1 chronic low back pain patient to report benefit from exercise was 7, from NSAIDs 6, and SNRIs 10. Of these three options, exercise was the only intervention that demonstrated sustained chronic low back pain relief after the intervention ended and up to 48 weeks later. (2) Exercise is a useful, self-management, non-drug alternative for chronic low back pain patients. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC always incorporates it in the La Grande chiropractic treatment plan. Exercise puts some control of chronic low back pain in our La Grande chiropractic patients’ hands.
WHAT ABOUT SLEEP AND EXERCISE?
An additional beneficial patient-controlled alternative is sleep-and-exercise. Lack of sleep – time and/or quality – is an issue for so many La Grande chiropractic patients. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC often hears our patients discuss sleep difficulties. Sleep is renewing for the body and the mind. Exercise is often prescribed to address sleep and mood issues. A noteworthy study about the relationship between sleep and exercise highlights some interesting findings in young men and women. There are differences for each! Men who exercised more frequently reported falling asleep quicker, less daytime trouble, and less depressive mood. Women who exercised more frequently went to bed earlier, had better sleep quality, and reported more benefit from sleep, less depressive mood, and less anger. (3) Regular exercise is important for so many concerns!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Pamela Aaron on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes a case of a young female patient with low back pain and her treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management plus strengthening exercise that improved her condition.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment now. “Exercise.” It is a recommendation Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC will keep sharing for back pain relief and prevention in addition to improved sleep.
