Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Montreal Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – hot or cold? Bet you said ‘hot’! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Montreal back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat has a part in healing. When put together - heat with electrical stimulation - pain can’t refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic advises that Montreal back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold top the listing of options that low back pain patients believe reduced their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors look for ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large decrease in pain due to a slight decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is one familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Montreal back pain patient, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will consider using it.
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 hurt. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it’s a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a better way manage it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and enhance 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 got better. (3) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic guides Montreal 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 particularly 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 Montreal chiropractic appointment today! Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Montreal pain relief. If heat is soothing and relieving to a Montreal back pain sufferer, Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is ready to use it!
