Healthy News - May 2021

Georgetown chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to not give into the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors see fear avoidance every day. Georgetown back pain sufferers avoid lifting or worry about using their spines for things like lifting due to fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers report that chronic low back pain patients are inclined to protect their spines by lifting utilizing a diminished lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long stretch of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may experience extra loading due to altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a natural reaction in back pain patients. Don’t feel funny if you do this for some time! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we guide our back pain patients to return to normal spinal motions slowly as their pain lowers and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via Georgetown chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. Dr. Butwell and you will get there together! Dr. Butwell is your partner in controlling back pain, so it does not control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing normal motions of daily life and her job, including bending, lifting and twisting.

Georgetown chiropractic nutrition integration is important, especially when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

Georgetown CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is seen in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A new study on the effects of curcumin describes improvement in cognitive impairment and lessening of chronic pain due to compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is reported to ease chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by reducing inflammatory cytokines. (2) Sciatica is irritation of the sciatic nerve resulting in leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you note issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be considered in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and Georgetown sciatic leg pain. Dr. Butwell does!

CONTACT Dr. Butwell

Thank you for trusting Dr. Butwell with your healthcare needs. Dr. Butwell is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive Georgetown chiropractic treatment plan, Dr. Butwell and you will navigate this journey to pain relief together! We look forward to seeing you at Dr. Butwell for your up-coming visit! Schedule today!