Thursday 24 May 2007

Not a Painful Education


Pain is your body's way of communicating to your mind. We do not suffer from pain because our body was poorly designed. We have pain because we were ingeniously designed.
Every pain, every symptom you experience is a part of this ingenious design. Pain is the communicator, the warning!

A recent study suggests that education and advice from a chiropractor or physiotherapist may be as good as physical treatment for people who have back pain. Low back pain is one of the most common symptoms prompting people to seek medical advice. In the UK, patients often get referred to a Chiropactor, Physiotherapist or an Osteopath if medication and advice is not effective.

A team at Keele University once reported on a comparison between a pain management program delivered by physiotherapists and manipulation therapy. The study involved 400 adults and showed that there was no difference at the three month and 12 month point for participants in either group. Therefore, self-help and advice may be a useful option for those with persistent back pain. At least it needs fewer treatment sessions, puts the patient in charge and, in this study, resulted in fewer referrals on for specialist treatment.

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