The mind-body connection. It’s real. And in few
other conditions is it more real than in spine-related pain conditions. The spine
is the support for the body. When it hurts, the body
knows it. Vancouver Disc Centers knows it, also. Vancouver back pain
and neck pain and spine-related pain patients know it, too. The chiropractic
treatment plan at our office for
spine-related pain efficiently alleviates
both body and mind pain to allow our patients to discover
an enjoyable quality of life. Back pain’s
depression often is lessened with our Cox®
Technic System of decompression.
MIND AND BODY: DEPRESSION IN BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Top causes of disability globally incorporate musculoskeletal diseases and mental
disorders like anxiety and depression. A report of patients with lumbar
spondylolisthesis exemplified how anxiety and
depression affect a person’s
well-being. Emotional distress and disability that patients experience
negatively impacts their overall well-being. (1) A recent
review of medical studies links these two issues,
too. Anxiety and cervical/lumbar disc herniation, mood/anxiety and lower bone
mineral density in men, chronic low back pain and depression, life satisfaction
improvement and bone loss prevention in postmenopausal women, quality of life deterioration
and increased osteoporotic fractures. Adults over 45 years of age with
musculoskeletal diseases mentally wrestle with the impact these issues
have on their lifestyle. (2) That is where chiropractic care comes
into play. Vancouver Disc Centers offers evidence-based chiropractic care in
the form of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to reduce
pain and give control of it in the hands of our Vancouver patients. There is hope. There is life during and after
treatment. Vancouver Disc Centers is here for our
Vancouver back pain patients all along the way. Using
anti-depressants – anti-cholinergic drugs - may not be the answer for depressed
patients. They are shown to increase
the risk of dementia with long-term use. These drugs impede the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system. (3)
We all need clear minds to deal with life with and without back pain.
THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY OF BACK PAIN
Depression and anxiety are states of mind most everyone contends with at some point in life. For chronic low back
pain patients, depression and anxiety frequently go
hand-in-hand with their pain experience. Understandably,
higher levels of depression often result from more pain and a lower
sense of personal control of pain and overall health. More anxiety often comes
from stronger beliefs about negative consequences
of illness, negative emotional thoughts of the illness, and
depression. These findings support the need for more honest
advising of chronic back pain patients. (4) You can trust Vancouver Disc Centers to be
honest!
HELP FOR DEPRESSION: Vancouver CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Help for back pain depression is built into the chiropractic
treatment plan, especially exercise. Exercise is valuable
for the body. That is a known fact. Is exercise
good for the mind? For those of us dealing with chronic low back pain –
Vancouver chiropractic patients and your Vancouver
chiropractor – the more exact curiosity is whether
exercise is beneficial for chronic low back pain patients’ minds. A recent
study reports that symptoms of depression were reduced
in such adults who used exercise (low dose) and manual therapy
and/or general strengthening and moderate exercise. (5) Neither came out ahead
of the other. Both showed promise in lessening
depression. That’s good news.
Vancouver Disc Centers makes sure that Vancouver chiropractic
patients get this and provides safe, gentle, effective,
pain-relieving treatment.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Casey Johnston on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson who presents a patient who has experienced
more than one episode of back pain and keeps going
with conservative, non-operative chiropractic care using gentle
Cox®
Technic to control his back pain and not let it control him.
Schedule a Vancouver chiropractic appointment with
Vancouver Disc Centers today. Our Cox® Technic decompression spinal
manipulation will help ease your back pain related depression.
Plus, your mind and body will be thankful that you did.
Really!