Plainville Back Pain Benefits from Good Sleep
The exercise topic of the month is…sleep?! Unusual? Not at all! Sleep is just as vital as exercise for pain management as well as back pain management. Layden Chiropractic helps many Plainville pain sufferers cope with their spine, neck, and back pain with chiropractic spinal manipulation, nutrition advice, and exercise direction. Sleep – adequate sleep – is added to that list for a good reason!
CONTROLLING BACK PAIN
Since low back pain often is a condition for life that comes and goes, a condition that is handled rather than cured, it is a positive thing that researchers are looking into just how a back pain sufferer can control the Plainville back pain and the frequency that it ‘rears its head.' Question any back pain sufferer and you will know that keeping the pain away is a goal. But how? Researchers are studying sleep, fatigue, emotion, and more to find out. Layden Chiropractic shares the term “flare” as it has to do with a back pain episode.
BACK PAIN FLARE
A Plainville low back pain flare is one that incorporates increased pain, paresthesia, or muscle tension, increased duration of symptoms, decreased functional (social, cognitive, physical), and negative emotions. Researchers found that back pain sufferers do not consider their back pain to be a flare just because of heightened pain, therefore healthcare professionals need to look beyond the pain to know what else is going on around the pain event, what psychosocial factors are involved. (1,2) The mind-body connection can’t always be overlooked! Nor can the time of day that pain is experienced.
PAIN: MORNING NOON AND NIGHT
Patients suffering with low back pain for over 3 months were studied to see what might trigger a flare up of their pain. Researchers discovered that poor sleep quality and morning pain were risks for such flare-ups. Increased pain risk rose with days of more afternoon and evening pain, fatigue, and fear of activity. Sleep is suggested to decrease the intensity, frequency, and risk of back pain flares. (3) The quality of sleep also plays a role in how Plainville back pain is experienced.
SLEEP QUALITY
An analysis of sleep quality in older adults in six middle-income countries found that women had more sleep problems. Further, age, depression, low back pain, and poor self-rated health were also significantly associated with sleep problems. (4) Sleep, perceived stress, and anxiety play a role in chronic low back pain. Luckily, sleep quality is able to mediate anxiety, making sleep a practical recommendation in the treatment plan. (5)
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ted Siciliano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to ease arm pain and numbness that was preventing him from sleeping.
Set up your Plainville chiropractic appointment now. Let’s talk sleep next time you are in for a visit!
