La Grande Smoking Increases Body Pain Particularly Spine Pain
Smoking. We know how bad it is. Smoking is bad. The body doesn’t like it. Your spine hates it! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC likes your spine and offers La Grande chiropractic care for your spine. You like your spine or at least require it! Keep your spine healthy! Let Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC take care of your spine when it requires a little help to get back to its healthy state. The first step toward health for a La Grande smoker suffering with back pain may require a chiropractic treatment plan that includes a plan to quit smoking.
WHO SMOKES?
Researchers are inquisitive about factors linked to smoking. In a review of 7547 patients who experienced back surgery, they discovered that 18% were smokers. The researchers observed that compared to the non-smokers, the smokers were younger, male, nondiabetic, and nonobese. Patients in this group who suffer with coronary artery disease were more likely to be smokers. Smokers who underwent lumbar spine back surgery came to their healthcare provider more with leg pain than back pain and disability. Their employment, insurance/uninsured, and education status were also related to smoking status. Fascinatingly though, smoking status did not affect the disability status at a year after back surgery. (1) Modifying such risk factors work just as well for smokers and nonsmokers luckily. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC would help a La Grande smoker who has La Grande back pain create a plan to stop smoking.
SMOKING’S EFFECTS ON THE BODY
The body gets what is good for it…and what is not. Smoking is not. Studying 2307 smokers and non-smokers, researchers discovered that smoking is most strongly associated with spine pain. Headache, trunk pain and limb pain followed. Active smoking is associated with pain in every part of the body. The spine and head bear the brunt of the painful influence though. If a smoker doesn’t like pain, you’ll want to consider stop smoking! (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is with you to support your effort to stop smoking when you’re ready.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Silke Laub of chiropractic’s contribution to palliative care of a patient with cancer who has neuropathic pain related to chemotherapy. Dr. Michael Johnson of The Back Doctors Podcast highlighted the supportive side of chiropractic care and Cox® Technic for patients with spine related pain.
Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic visit with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. Smoking is a risk factor for more pain. Smoking is really bothersome to the spine. Being the La Grande back pain specialist, your La Grande chiropractor is here to ease back pain and support any efforts you choose to decrease your back pain.
