WORDS DESCRIBING PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO
YOUR CHIROPRACTOR
“Why are you asking me all these
questions, doc?”
Our Millville chiropractic patients are central
to our practice. Wilson Family Chiropractic wants
to understand each of our patients and your pain experience well,
treat you well, and ensure that you are satisfied with your care
and outcome. That’s why we have you to explain
your pain to us, sometimes several times and in a variety of
different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort”
to one may denote “pain” to another while “stiffness” is
“pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It’s true! Researchers did a deep-dive into these different words
and their meanings to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain was
sharp/shooting, discomfort was dull/tingling, stiffness signified
tight/restricted. (1) It is beneficial for Wilson Family Chiropractic
to know our patient’s experience with pain to better meet
expectations and enhance satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain
and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being
greatest pain) and reported multiple pain
locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of
17). Those are very typical of reasons
patients pursue chiropractic care! In this setting, because patients trusted their main physician, patients were satisfied with the collaboration amongst
the various healthcare team members. Patients valued
consistency in care from one caregiving chiropractor. (2)
Wilson Family Chiropractic knows our patients appreciate - and can expect - these
same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!
Millville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: Strengthen
Multifidus Muscles While Standing
Back pain. It is a simple description that may
stem from a multitude of factors including the muscles of the spine,
those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, deep,
smaller muscles that run alongside the
spine from the neck to the sacrum. These muscles aid
movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted.
(3) Recently, researchers proposed that the multifidi
may be a potential source of back pain since they are described
as being stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is associated
with lumbodorsal musculature (which includes the
multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus
well enough which may avert low back pain caused
by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing
back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally beneficial to strengthen these multifidus muscles. (5) That’s great
news! Millville back pain sufferers can do easy, standing
exercises like this anywhere! The multifidus muscles benefit!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes
the value of increasing muscle strength and
function as part of back pain care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
Schedule your next Millville
chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles
will be directed in proper exercise to lessen and
potentially avert back pain. Wilson Family Chiropractic will ask you questions, and you
are encouraged to ask Wilson Family Chiropractic questions, too!