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Vancouver Chiropractic Exercise Recommendation Benefits for Sleep and Back Pain

Exercise. Vancouver back pain sufferers hear the advice to exercise a lot. Vancouver Disc Centers recommends it, too. Exercise keeps showing its benefit for relief of low back pain and its prevention…and a new report reveals benefit for improved sleep quality!

EXERCISE FOR RELIEF OF THE BURDEN OF LOW BACK PAIN

Low back pain is a burden for the low back pain sufferer, the family, the community, and the healthcare system. Healthcare providers and researchers examine suggested long-term methods to decrease this problem for whose sufferers’ disability continues. Exercise leads the list of non-invasive, non-drug general recommendations with manual therapy and massage in that list as well. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers is the Vancouver back pain specialty clinic to which many back pain sufferers see.

BACK PAIN SPECIALIST’S PLAN FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF ADDS EXERCISE

Countless chronic back pain sufferers take themselves to their primary care practitioners first. it is a pretty standard routing. Primary care recommendations for chronic low back pain care often involve exercise, oral prescriptions of NSAIDs and SNRI’s like duloxetine. In research, there is a curious statistic called “number to treat” which denotes the number of patients with a certain condition who need to have it done the treatment recommendation for 1 of them to report benefit. In this new study, the number to treat for 1 chronic low back pain patient to report benefit from exercise was 7, from NSAIDs 6, and SNRIs 10. Of these 3 options, exercise was the only intervention that showed sustained chronic low back pain relief after the intervention ended and up to 48 weeks later. (2) Exercise is a useful, self-management, non-drug option for chronic low back pain patients. Vancouver Disc Centers always incorporates it in the Vancouver chiropractic treatment plan. Exercise places some control of chronic low back pain in our Vancouver chiropractic patients’ hands.

WHAT ABOUT SLEEP AND EXERCISE?

An additional advantageous patient-controlled option is the sleep and exercise option. Lack of sleep – time and/or quality – is an issue for so many Vancouver chiropractic patients. Vancouver Disc Centers often hears our patients bring up sleep difficulties. Sleep is renewing for the body and the mind. Exercise is manytimes prescribed to address sleep and mood issues. A noteworthy study about the relationship between sleep and exercise highlights some interesting findings in young men and women. Each is different! Men who exercised more often reported falling asleep quicker, less daytime trouble, and less depressive mood. Women who exercised more frequently went to bed early, experienced improved sleep quality, and reported more benefit from sleep, less depressive mood, and less anger. (3) Regular exercise is key for so many concerns!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Pamela Aaron on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares a case of a young lady with low back pain and her treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and strengthening exercise that improved her condition.

Make your Vancouver chiropractic appointment today. “Exercise.” It’s a recommendation Vancouver Disc Centers will keep sharing for back pain relief and prevention in addition to improved sleep.

Vancouver Disc Centers shares new research about the benefit of exercise for back pain relief and sleep.  
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