March 2022 Healthy News from Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic Comorbidities of Back, Hip and Knee Pain Prevention of Text Neck Syndrome

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Augusta back pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis often appear together, and Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic can help.

BACK PAIN, KNEE PAIN, AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS

Co-morbidities. We’ve heard a lot about these, lately. So many times, our Augusta chiropractic patients can list their own co-morbidities! In a report about 10,234 primary care patients, those with low back pain additionally reported symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (11-71%) as well as hip (11-50%) and knee (8-40%) symptoms. (1) This is not surprising considering today’s aging population. A group of researchers studied published papers and found that 0% to 54% of lumbar spinal stenosis patients with a mean age of 66 years old also experienced knee osteoarthritis or hip osteoarthritis. (2,3) Further, researchers studied patients with a history of osteoarthritis of the knee, a mean age of 62.2 years, and a body mass index of 29.8kg for 90 days. Most patients were in the description category of minimal change in pain versus low pain at the beginning/large improvement and moderate pain at the start/worsened. Patients who felt high stress, scored a negative affect score, and had knee buckling at the start of the study had a worse outcome path. (4) Many Augusta chiropractic patients with various combinations of knee, hip, and back pain come to Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic. It's not unusual! Our gentle, effective chiropractic care helps get them on a better path to healing!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details usual medical treatment of knee osteoarthritis as well as new drug-free, conservative treatment based on the tenets of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic shares a prevention plan for text neck syndrome: better posture, frequent breaks, manipulation.

Augusta CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: AVOID AND TREAT TEXT-NECK

New tech instigates new issues! Neck pain is a greatly reported issue for adults and is now showing up in kids. The term “text neck syndrome” explains today’s neck pain due to increased stresses on the cervical spine for users of handheld tech no matter their ages. (5) The repetitive stress of extended forward head flexion while looking down is disturbing us all. Attempting to get relief from his head and neck pain and right upper limb paresthesia, a YouTuber visited a family physician, took pain meds and muscle relaxants, did physical therapy, underwent cervical traction, and acupuncture which provided temporary relief with several flare-ups. Eventually, chiropractic care that stressed improved posture while texting, cervical spine manipulation, and extension traction therapy relieved the pain. Frequent breaks and proper posture when using smartphones go a long way to help thwart text neck syndrome. (6) Your Augusta chiropractor agrees with that same advice!

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Schedule your next Augusta chiropractic appointment today. Back pain and hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and “text neck” are spine related conditions that Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic welcomes!