Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in New York City Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Rosenberg Wellness Center understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many New York City back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat has a part in healing. When combined - heat with electrical stimulation - pain can’t help but subside. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Rosenberg Wellness Center recommends that New York City 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 list of things 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 disproportionately large reduction in pain due to a small decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is one well-known 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 New York City back pain patient, Rosenberg Wellness Center 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 constantly looking for a better way control it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce 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 recorded at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) Rosenberg Wellness Center directs New York City back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all sorts of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination enhance 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 New York City chiropractic appointment today! Rosenberg Wellness Center offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological New York City pain relief. If heat is soothing and relieving to a New York City back pain sufferer, Rosenberg Wellness Center is prepared to use it!
