Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Baton Rouge Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Baton Rouge back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat has a part in healing. When put together - heat with electrical stimulation - pain cannot refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers advises that Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat decreases the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold top the listing of things that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors try to find ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a disproportionately large reduction in pain due to a slight reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Baton Rouge back pain patient, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers will consider its use.
BENEFIT OF HEAT AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF
Heat feels good. Electrical stimulation feels good. Back pain and neck pain patients seek feeling “good” when they don’t. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, bigger than any other health condition globally. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for a way to better manage it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial proved them right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even held at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers guides Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all sorts of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination enhance each other’s benefit.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Homer on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. For some conditions like spasmodic torticollis, heat can be especially comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integrates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Baton Rouge pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Baton Rouge back pain sufferer, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is prepared to use it!
