Fear of the “damaged spine.” It is a most common
feeling to have about any number of things in life. Fear avoidance.
It’s common in Richmond back pain sufferers. When
back pain enters the scene, fear avoidant behavior tends
to creep in with it. Back pain specialists like your
Richmond chiropractic physician are aware of the effects
of fear and fear avoidance on Richmond back pain and neck pain
patients. Fear limits Richmond back pain
sufferers from doing the simplest things because they
worry that they may experience pain. The spine
is pretty sturdy, but when it’s damaged
its resiliency fades in the mind of its
owner. Johnson Chiropractic assists Richmond back pain
sufferers cope with the fear of back pain through
information, care, and movement.
The Sense of Fear
Fear itself makes sense. If you suffer
pain with something, you attempt to avoid that something like
shuffling paper in a way that you get a paper cut or bending a certain way that
aggravates leg pain. If you have back pain when you move, you seek not to move like
that to avoid back pain. Avoiding back pain-producing activity
for a Richmond back pain sufferer wanting to protect his or her
damaged back makes good sense. Researchers point out though that
if a back pain sufferer experiences pain in the early days of
back pain and does not make a big deal out of it, he
or she doesn’t get caught in trying to avoid
movement, in the fear avoidance cycle. (1) Johnson Chiropractic empathizes
with the Richmond back pain patient who does not want
to move too much because of fear that his or her back will
hurt again or maybe even worse than that last time.
Johnson Chiropractic positively gets Richmond back pain
sufferers moving and performing their normal activities of daily life
one tiny motion at a time!
Gentle Care and Motion
Johnson Chiropractic joins motion
into its in-office chiropractic care and its at-home recommendation care. Johnson Chiropractic
is all about motion and relieving back pain and the fear that accompanies it. Adding manipulation to the
treatment of low back pain earlier increased the effectiveness
of manipulation on back pain relief and decreased the use of
medication to manage the pain. (2) The Richmond chiropractic
treatment plan at Johnson Chiropractic encompasses gentle, soothing
Cox Technic to open the spinal canal and lessen
pressure on the spinal nerves as well as bring motion back to the
spine as the back pain and/or leg pain eases.
Make an Appointment
Fear may be a good thing, too. Fear of back surgery may spur
a back pain sufferer to pursue non-surgical care like
that offered at Johnson Chiropractic. Listen
in to this podcast of a patient who didn’t want a second back
surgery and found relief with Cox Technic. He even got back
to exercising and moving which he stopped due to pain!
Schedule a Richmond chiropractic appointment at
Johnson Chiropractic to ease your fear of your “damaged back” and get
you moving!
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