Richmond Chiropractic Care for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain

Work. We all must do it. Everyone’s job requires posture(s) that may cause pain at one time or another. Johnson Chiropractic sees the pain! Quite a few Richmond back pain and neck pain patients who seek chiropractic bring stories of work-related pain. We can help!

TREATING AND PREVENTING WORKPLACE MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Johnson Chiropractic is confident in its ability to relieve and handle work-related musculoskeletal pain for our Richmond chiropractic patients. Not too startling, 81.7% of office workers in one study had musculoskeletal pain in at least one area. Back pain was the most often experienced pain for 54.8%. Neck and shoulder pain were after that. Interestingly, musculoskeletal system pain was found to be high in office workers whose physical activity levels were reported as low. 58.5% of these workers were “active” physically, 37.3% were less active, 4.1% were very active. (1) Research shows that in-the-workplace exercise interventions were effective in addressing musculoskeletal disorders and in reducing pain for office workers. (2) Johnson Chiropractic welcomes the optimism this brings for our Richmond back and neck pain patients!

WHAT EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS WORK?

Johnson Chiropractic treats work-related pain according to the guidelines of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which incorporates gentle spinal manipulation along with exercise, nutrition and other recommendations.  We see the value in researchers’ description of work-related musculoskeletal pain disorders as those painful issues brought on by too little usage of the musculoskeletal system throughout the work day. Exercise, education, ergonomic direction, massage are pretty usual ways of managing and trying to prevent pain. Most recommendations like this were for workers to do on their own time. Recently, researchers proposed the benefit of specific, individualized, resistance strengthening exercises in the workplace to decrease pain, fatigue, and discomfort in the neck and upper extremities of workers. (3) That is a promising idea. Johnson Chiropractic sees the benefit of taking care of oneself at home and in the workplace!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses treatment of cervical radiculopathy with arm and neck pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. After months of pain and trying all types of treatments, she found relief.

Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment with Johnson Chiropractic today. We all work. There is no arguing that! If work and its posturing are painful, let’s have a talk. Together, we can find a way to reduce and prevent workplace musculoskeletal pain.