La Grande Back Pain Patients Tips for Waiting on Relief: Walking, Breathing, Walking
Liminality. Waiting. Transitioning. The holidays have many of us waiting and transitioning to holiday gatherings and a new year. Back pain has some of us La Grande back pain and neck pain sufferers waiting and transitioning on a state of pain relief, too. The waiting is at times the hardest part. Waiting for the big holiday and waiting for the relief of back pain or neck pain are accompanied by anticipation. Exercising, breathing, and walking are beneficial ways to cope with the liminality. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is right beside our La Grande chiropractic patients as they wait.
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY
Back pain specialists will often prescribe ice/heat/exercise for home care. New studies are describing how deep breathing exercises (especially the pursed-lips version which sufferers reported as more calming and pleasant with stronger sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths per minute for 10 minutes two times a day for a month effectively produced positive outcomes to enhance autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which allocated time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to contemplate on one’s struggles, find calmness, and process current feelings) (3) are useful. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC supports any of these practices to augment the healing, pain-relieving process with La Grande chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
An interesting outcome from a study performed in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – described the thoughtful state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers use to cope with their pain and its path to recovery. Researchers interviewed low back and sciatica sufferers. Sciatica is accompanied by its own unique group of issues in terms of its persistence and severity of symptoms. Researchers illustrated the concept of “biographical suspension” as it related to sciatica patients who seem to put life on hold while expecting an ultimate return to their previous, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also managing concern. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, held up by a belief that sciatica is a passing problem that is fixable, not a long-term disease. Even those who experienced sciatic leg pain for some time kept this belief. (4) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to find a treatment that works for them. They frequently talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try a variety of approaches as they just know there is help. La Grande back pain and La Grande leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal condition, its treatment, its anticipated outcome, and its treatment plan comprising the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule guides both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) reduce the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits change to every other day). Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC constantly monitors the back and leg pain sufferer’s progress toward pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses how what the patient expects influences their pain relief via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your next La Grande chiropractic appointment today. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope mingled with a little worry. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands this and has the experience in walking this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be endured alone!
