The mind-body connection. It’s real. And in no
other condition than one related to the spine is this more real. The spine
is the support for the body. When it hurts, the body
knows it. Soft Health and Healing Clinic knows it, too. Brooks back pain
and neck pain and spine-related pain patients know it, too. Our chiropractic treatment plan for
spine-related pain effectively eases
both body and mind pain to let our patients find
an agreeable quality of life. Back pain’s
depression often is eased with our Cox®
Technic System of decompression.
MIND AND BODY: DEPRESSION IN BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Leading causes of disability around the
world include musculoskeletal diseases and mental
disorders like anxiety and depression. A study of a
specific set of patients, those with lumbar spondylolisthesis, exemplified how anxiety and
depression have an effect on a person’s
well-being. Emotional distress and disability that patients experience
negatively impacts their overall well-being. (1) A new
review of medical studies links these two concerns,
too. Anxiety and cervical/lumbar disc herniation, mood/anxiety and lower bone
mineral density in men, chronic low back pain and depression, life satisfaction
improvement and bone loss prevention in postmenopausal women, quality of life decline
and multiple osteoporotic fractures. Adults over 45 years of age with
musculoskeletal diseases mentally wrestle with the impact these issues
have on their lifestyle. (2) That is where chiropractic care helps. Soft Health and Healing Clinic offers evidence-based chiropractic care in
the form of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to alleviate
pain and give control of it in the hands of our Brooks patients. There is hope. There is life during and after
treatment. Soft Health and Healing Clinic is prepared for our
Brooks back pain patients every step of the way. Taking
anti-depressants – anti-cholinergic drugs - may not be the answer for depressed
patients. They are shown to raise
the risk of dementia with long-term use. These drugs impede the
neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the central and peripheral nervous system. (3)
We all need clear minds to deal with life with and without back pain.
THE DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY OF BACK PAIN
Depression and anxiety are states of mind most everyone contends with at some point in life. For chronic low back
pain patients, depression and anxiety frequently go
together with their pain experience. Understandably,
higher levels of depression often result from more pain and a lower
sense of personal control of pain and overall health. More anxiety often comes
from stronger beliefs about negative consequences
of illness, negative emotional views of the illness, and
depression. These findings support the need for more honest
advising of chronic back pain patients. (4) You can trust Soft Health and Healing Clinic to be
honest!
HELP FOR DEPRESSION: Brooks CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Help for back pain depression is built into the chiropractic
treatment plan, especially exercise. Exercise is valuable
for the body. That is an accepted fact. Is exercise
good for the mind? For those of us dealing with chronic low back pain –
Brooks chiropractic patients and your Brooks
chiropractor – the more specific wonder is whether
exercise is good for chronic low back pain patients’ minds. A new
study reports that symptoms of depression were reduced
in such adults who did exercise (low dose) and manual therapy
and/or general strengthening and moderate exercise. (5) Neither came out ahead
of the other. Both indicated promise in lessening
depression. That’s good news.
Soft Health and Healing Clinic ensures that Brooks chiropractic
patients know this and delivers safe, gentle, effective,
pain-relieving treatment.
CONTACT Soft Health and Healing Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Casey Johnston on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson who presents a patient who has experienced
more than one episode of back pain and keeps going
with conservative, non-surgical chiropractic care using gentle
Cox®
Technic to control his back pain and not let it control him.
Schedule a Brooks chiropractic appointment with
Soft Health and Healing Clinic today. Our Cox® Technic decompression spinal
manipulation will help ease your back pain related depression.
Plus, your mind and body will be glad you did.
Really!