Millville 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 get-togethers and a new year. Back pain has some of us Millville back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on a state of pain relief as well. The waiting is at times the toughest 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 positive ways to cope with the liminality. Wilson Family Chiropractic is right beside our Millville chiropractic patients as they wait.

HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY

Back pain specialists will often assign ice/heat/exercise for home care. New reports are showing that deep breathing exercises (especially the pursed-lips version which sufferers reported as more calming and pleasant with a more sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths a minute for 10 minutes two times a day for a month effectively produced positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which created time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to reflect on one’s struggles, discover calmness, and process current thoughts) (3) are beneficial. Wilson Family Chiropractic supports any of these practices to boost the healing, pain-relieving course of action with Millville chiropractic services.

LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE

An interesting outcome from a study done in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – explained the thoughtful state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers employ to manage their pain and its path to recovery. Researchers interviewed low back and sciatica sufferers. Sciatica arrives with its own distinctive group of issues in terms of its persistence and severity of symptoms. Researchers illustrated the concept of “biographical suspension” as it applies to sciatica patients who seem to put life on hold while expecting an ultimate return to their former, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also handling distress. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, bolstered by a belief that sciatica is a passing problem that is fixable, not a long-term disease. Even those who had sciatic leg pain for a while maintained this belief. (4) Wilson Family Chiropractic is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover something that works for them. They oftentimes talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try a variety of approaches as they are confident that there is help. Millville back pain and Millville leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Wilson Family Chiropractic as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal problem, its treatment, its expected outcome, and its treatment plan comprising the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule directs both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) decrease the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits change to every other day). Wilson Family Chiropractic is always monitoring 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 shares how what the patient expects influences their pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Schedule your next Millville chiropractic appointment today. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope combined with a little concern. Wilson Family Chiropractic knows this and has the wisdom to walk this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be endured alone!