What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! New Hampshire Spine and Sport understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Southern New Hampshire back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and recommended in early treatment phases, but heat has a part in healing. When paired - heat and electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and alleviate pain. New Hampshire Spine and Sport advises that Southern New Hampshire 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 lead 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 produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large decrease in pain as a result of a small reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is one familiar and documented manner to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a Southern New Hampshire back pain patient, New Hampshire Spine and Sport will consider its use.
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, bigger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are always on the lookout for a better way control it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and improve 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 held at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) New Hampshire Spine and Sport guides Southern New Hampshire back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination improve 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 Southern New Hampshire chiropractic appointment today! New Hampshire Spine and Sport is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Southern New Hampshire pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Southern New Hampshire back pain sufferer, New Hampshire Spine and Sport is prepared to try it!