Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Toronto Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Toronto back pain sufferers. Cold is effective therapy and recommended in early treatment phases, but heat plays a role in healing. When put together - heat and electrical stimulation - pain cannot refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and alleviate pain. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre advises that Toronto 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 lead the listing of options that low back pain patients believe lessened their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors seek ways to elicit “offset analgesia,” a overly large reduction in pain due to a slight reduction in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented manner to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Toronto back pain patient, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 patients seek feeling “good” when they hurt. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it’s a significant cause of disability, bigger than any other health condition globally. Doctors and researchers are constantly looking for a better way manage it. One group of researchers hypothesized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce better pain relief and enhance patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial proved them right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even recorded at a 12 week follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre guides Toronto 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 incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Toronto chiropractic appointment today! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Toronto pain relief. If heat is soothing and relieving to a Toronto back pain sufferer, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is prepared to try it!
