July 2024 Healthy News from Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC Chronic Pain Helped with Chiropractic, Mindfulness & Peppermint
CHRONIC BACK PAIN RELIEF WITH CHIROPRACTIC
Chronic back pain sends many sufferers to their doctors for help. Chronic back pain’s impact on the sufferer and his/her “default mode network” of living reflects the years lived with pain: the longer the pain stage the more impact the pain has on the patient and his/her cognitive pain coping attitude. (1) Not shocking, but it’s now published and will certainly be studied more. It’s also known that lumbar spinal stenosis patients differ in their symptom severity and improvement track from “improving” to “fluctuating/improving” to “persistent.” (2) Back pain is really a unique journey, one your chiropractor travels by your side as chiropractic care’s spinal manipulation is high on clinical practice guidelines’ lists of noninvasive, non-drug pain therapies. (3) As a matter of published fact, non-surgical, conservative care options lead treatment recommendations lists. Spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte, is a leading recommendation in many treatment recommendation lists by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society. (4) Using chiropractic care and such approaches as mindfulness - which has been shown to improve pain-related functions - may be most helpful for you. (5)
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel and his chronic back pain patient on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the utilization of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment protocols to manage chronic back pain and return some joy to life.
La Grande CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Peppermint Oil: A Relaxing Boost!
We all may be in need of a boost every once in a while. The past few stressful years are catching up with us. Whether you are tired or healing, peppermint may put some energy into your system. A recent study described how inhalation of peppermint post-back-surgery lowered patients’ anxiety and pain levels. (6) Another study found that peppermint oil inhalation decreased cardiac surgery patients’ post-op nausea. (7) Adding peppermint oil to a footbath for adolescents with primary headache disorder found that both the control and participant groups had a significant decrease in headache pain and decrease in anxiety over time with no adverse events. 95.6% of the participants liked and recommended this! (8) Craving some relaxation? Peppermint oil may be of help!
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is honored to be your La Grande chiropractor and appreciates your sharing your chiropractic experience with family and friends! We look forward to seeing you soon!