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March 2022 Healthy News from Wilson Family Chiropractic Comorbidities of Back, Hip and Knee Pain Prevention of Text Neck Syndrome

Millville back pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis often appear together, and Wilson Family Chiropractic can help.  

BACK PAIN, KNEE PAIN, AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS

Co-morbidities. That’s a term we’ve heard a lot about recently. So many times, our Millville chiropractic patients can list their own co-morbidities! In a report about 10,234 primary care patients, those who had low back pain additionally recounted symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (11-71%) as well as hip (11-50%) and knee (8-40%) symptoms. (1) This is not surprising considering today’s aging population. A research group studied published papers and found that 0% to 54% of lumbar spinal stenosis patients with a mean age of 66 years old also had knee osteoarthritis or hip osteoarthritis. (2,3) Interestingly, researchers studied patients who had a history of osteoarthritis of the knee, a mean age of 62.2 years, and a body mass index of 29.8kg for 90 days.  Most patients fell into the category of minimal change in pain versus low pain at the start/large improvement and moderate pain at the beginning/worsened. Patients who felt high stress, had a negative affect score, and had knee buckling at the start of the study had a worse outcome path. (4) Many Millville chiropractic patients with various combinations of knee, hip, and back pain come to Wilson Family Chiropractic. It's not unusual! Our gentle, effective chiropractic care fosters a better path to healing!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes usual medical treatment of knee osteoarthritis as well as new drug-free, conservative treatment based on the tenets of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.        

Wilson Family Chiropractic shares a prevention plan for text neck syndrome: better posture, frequent breaks, manipulation. 

Millville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:  AVOID AND TREAT TEXT-NECK

New tech instigates new problems! Neck pain is a highly reported issue for adults and is now appearing in kids. The term “text neck syndrome” describes today’s neck pain due to greater stresses on the cervical spine for users of handheld tech no matter their ages. (5) The repetitive stress of prolonged forward head flexion while looking down is disturbing us all. Attempting to get relief from his head and neck pain and right upper limb paresthesia, a YouTuber went to a family physician, tried pain meds and muscle relaxants, performed physical therapy, underwent cervical traction, and acupuncture which provided temporary relief with many flare-ups. Finally, chiropractic care that emphasized better posture while texting, cervical spine manipulation, and extension traction therapy relieved the pain. Regular breaks and appropriate posture when using smartphones go a long way to help prevent text neck syndrome. (6) Your Millville chiropractor agrees with that same advice!

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Schedule your next Millville chiropractic appointment today. Back pain and hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and “text neck” are spine related issues that Wilson Family Chiropractic welcomes!

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