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 body’s support system. When it hurts, the body
knows it. Back And Neck Care Center knows it, also. Severna Park back pain
and neck pain and spine-related pain patients know it, too. Our chiropractic treatment plan for
spine-related pain efficiently eases
both body and mind pain to allow our patients to discover
an enjoyable quality of life. Back pain’s
depression often is lessened with our Cox®
Technic System of decompression.
MIND AND BODY: DEPRESSION IN BACK PAIN PATIENTS
Leading causes of disability globally include musculoskeletal diseases and mental
disorders like anxiety and depression. A study of patients with lumbar
spondylolisthesis demonstrated how anxiety and
depression affect a person’s
well-being. Emotional distress and disability that patients experience
negatively affects their overall well-being. (1) A recent
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 old with
musculoskeletal diseases mentally wrestle with the impact these issues
have on their lifestyle. (2) That is where chiropractic care helps. Back And Neck Care Center 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 Severna Park patients. There is hope. There is life during and after
treatment. Back And Neck Care Center is here for our
Severna Park back pain patients all along the way. Taking
anti-depressants – anti-cholinergic drugs - may not be the answer depressed back pain patients want. They are shown to raise
the risk of dementia with prolonged 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 often 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 extends
from stronger beliefs about negative effects
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 Back And Neck Care Center to be
honest!
HELP FOR DEPRESSION: Severna Park CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Help for back pain depression is built into the chiropractic
treatment plan, especially exercise. Exercise is good
for the body. That’s an accepted fact. Is exercise
good for the mind? For those of us dealing with chronic low back pain –
Severna Park chiropractic patients and your Severna Park
chiropractor – the more specific curiosity is whether
exercise is good for chronic low back pain patients’ minds. A recent
study states that symptoms of depression were reduced
in such adults who used exercise (low dose) and manual therapy
and/or general strengthening and moderate exercise. (5) Neither came out superior. Both showed promise in reducing
depression. That’s good news.
Back And Neck Care Center ensures that Severna Park chiropractic
patients get this and provides safe, gentle, effective,
pain-relieving treatment.
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
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-operative chiropractic care using gentle
Cox®
Technic to control his spine-related pain and not let it control him.
Schedule a Severna Park chiropractic appointment with
Back And Neck Care Center 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!