Exercise for Baton Rouge Arm Pain and Neck Pain Relief

Non-surgical neck pain treatment relieves such cervical spine related pain. What does that treatment include? Researchers and clinicians grapple with that question all the time. What is the answer? With you, the neck pain patient, the arm pain patient. The chiropractic treatment plan from the passive pain-relieving treatment to the self-management tools are formed to each individual neck pain sufferer. Spine & Sports Rehab Center is the neck pain sufferer’s partner in the path to Baton Rouge neck pain relief.

NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN STAGES

A group of experts in the conservative management of cervical radiculopathy (neck-related arm pain) convened to set a list of effective non-surgical treatment modalities at various stages of pain (acute, subacute, chronic). The stage matters. In the acute stage, more passive pain-relieving interventions – spinal manipulation, patient education, specific foraminal opening exercise, pain-relieving position - were considered important. As patients proceed through subacute (increased physical activity, supervised motor control, specific exercise, and neurodynamic mobilization) to chronic (general aerobic exercise, strength training), more personalized physical activity and self-management were stated as important. (1) Spine & Sports Rehab Center agrees with this individualized plan and knows there is a careful balance between passive treatment and active exercise for most favorable results.

HOW MUCH TREATMENT FOR NECK PAIN?

Thirty-seven experts set out to figure out the proper dosage and kind of motor control and segmental exercise was optimal for chronic non-specific neck pain. They agreed most that there were 3 dosage variables: intensity, frequency, and reps. As for which exercise, dosage, procedure, progression, etc., they agreed that prescribing exercise was complex and must be individualized, acceptable, and feasible to the patient. (2) Spine & Sports Rehab Center wholeheartedly agrees! We work with our Baton Rouge neck pain patients to ensure the exercises work for them and their spinal condition and willingness to do the exercises.

ACTIVE CARE OF NECK & ARM PAIN: Exercise

Exercise recommendations for chronic non-specific neck pain haven’t been well defined. A review of published studies on this topic showed that (A) many exercise programs decrease pain and disability in the short term, (B) pillar exercises reduce pain and disability in the intermediate term, and (C) motor control plus segmental exercises deliver moderate to great pain reduction overall. Long term pain reducing exercise recommendations have not been analyzed. (3) Another aspect of exercise for neck and arm pain patients is the respiratory aspect. Neck pain and forward head posture as experienced by smartphone users were discussed in a comparison study: control, routine therapeutic exercise, (combined) routine therapeutic exercise with respiratory exercises. After 8 weeks, the combined group had significant differences in diaphragm muscle activation, respiratory balance, and number of breaths. (4) Pain and breathing can be friends when done the right way. Spine & Sports Rehab Center works with each patient to determine what exercises are most appropriate for each patient’s stage of pain to improve each one’s condition.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Adam Propper on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration and exercise to help with neck and arm pain.

Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment now. We design a non-surgical treatment plan with a mix of active exercise and passive care to help each of our neck pain patients find relief]51]. 

 
Spine & Sports Rehab Center presents how the chiropractic neck pain and arm pain relief treatment plan is individualized for optimal effectiveness.  
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