Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Plainville Back Pain Treatment

What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Layden Chiropractic gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Plainville back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and suggested in early treatment phases, but heat plays a role in healing. When combined - heat with electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Layden Chiropractic recommends that Plainville back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as appropriate for pain relief.

BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF

Heat decreases the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold top the listing of options that low back pain patients believe lessened their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, speaking with a health professional, stretching, not doing irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors seek ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large decrease in pain due to a small decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is a 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 decreases pain for a Plainville back pain patient, Layden Chiropractic 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 sufferers seek feeling “good” when they are in pain. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, larger than any other health condition globally. Doctors and researchers are always on the lookout for a way to better control it. One group of researchers hypothesized 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 discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even noted at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Layden Chiropractic guides Plainville back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination boost 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 incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.

Schedule your Plainville chiropractic appointment today! Layden Chiropractic offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Plainville pain relief. If heat is soothing and relieving to a Plainville back pain sufferer, Layden Chiropractic is prepared to use it!