Baton Rouge Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management

“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Spine & Sports Rehab Center and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners commonly hear. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the easiest and quickest way possible. This isn’t always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make friends with it to some extent. We can see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Spine & Sports Rehab Center urges our Baton Rouge back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It makes a difference. It may perhaps even change your life for the better. Many Baton Rouge chiropractic patients have lived this.

SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS

Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study were not actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with studies highlighting the significance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients involved? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering culprits that interfered with patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a special plan to deal with these issues and raise the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises, lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One study found that a variety of approaches to lessen disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Spine & Sports Rehab Center tries to do whatever it takes to help our Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients!

SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS

This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain play a role, whole body electrical stimulation helped fearful patients with their strength and stabilization in good time, reducing pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Spine & Sports Rehab Center shares such alternatives to help our patients.

SELF-MANAGEMENT APP

Have you heard “There is an app for that!”? Spine & Sports Rehab Center is certain you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you manage self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now collecting data on the effectiveness of various interventions at various times for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data, researchers plan to fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others experiencing similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be personalized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions reported helpful and relieving. (4) Spine & Sports Rehab Center looks forward to saying “There's an app for that!" Spine & Sports Rehab Center knows that some of our Baton Rouge back pain patients will love this!

CONTACT Spine & Sports Rehab Center

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he outlines how back pain patients can best help themselves to the best back pain relief possible.

Schedule a Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Spine & Sports Rehab Center. Be ready to be engaged with your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” was not offered once you are feeling better regarding back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active part of the relief process.

Spine & Sports Rehab Center calls on back pain sufferers to participate in their own back pain relief recovery.  
« View All Featured Exercises
"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the DISCLAIMER page. Content is reviewed by Dr. James M. Cox I."