June 2023 Healthy News from Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc Benefit of Chiropractic for Neck Pain Relief and of Breathing and Physical Exercise
TIP OF THE MONTH: Add Breathing Exercise with Physical Exercise
Do you think about breathing? How about when you are exercising? Most of us do not. Breathing just takes place without a thought. As described in the above article, breathing is part of the autonomic nervous system that makes sure these kinds of functions continue without a thought. A study studied how chronic neck pain patients breathed and if better breathing exercise could help. 68 chronic neck pain patients were split into 2 groups: one with breathing re-education exercise or routine physical therapy. The breathing group showed significant improvement in neck flexibility, extension, endurance, and strength of neck flexors and extensors. (9) Since this breath work seems to benefit neck pain patients, studies are now in the works for chronic low back pain patients. One that will study how conscious connected breathing may help focused on how closely related the respiratory system is throughout the body and “bidirectionally related” to emotion, stress, and pain. (10) Another study will have back pain patients perform exercise with specific breathing techniques and without and compare outcomes related to pain, disability, anxiety, sleep, quality of life, health status, and more. (11) Breathing more consciously and exercising seems to be an up-and-coming benefit for the treatment plan of chronic back and neck pain adn good additions to Fort Wayne chiropractic care!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen and Cheri Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they described their combined efforts in helping back pain patients realize less pain and enhanced function with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and breath coaching.
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