St Peters Chiropractic Care for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Pain
Work. We all have to do it. Everyone’s job necessitates posture(s) that may elicit pain at one point or another. Old Mill Chiropractic sees the pain! Many St Peters back pain and neck pain patients who seek chiropractic bring stories of work-related pain. We are here to help!
TREATING AND PREVENTING WORKPLACE MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN
Old Mill Chiropractic is poised in its ability to alleviate and manage work-related musculoskeletal pain for our St Peters chiropractic patients. Not too surprisingly, 81.7% of office workers in one study experienced musculoskeletal pain in at least one area. Back pain was the most frequently experienced pain for 54.8%. Neck and shoulder pain were after that. Interestingly, musculoskeletal system pain was found to be high in office workers whose physical activity levels were found to be low. 58.5% of these workers reported being “active” physically, 37.3% were less active, 4.1% were very active. (1) Research shows that in-the-workplace exercise routines were effective in treating musculoskeletal disorders and in reducing pain for office workers. (2) Old Mill Chiropractic welcomes the optimism this brings for our St Peters back and neck pain patients!
WHAT EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS WORK?
Old Mill Chiropractic treats work-related pain according to the guidelines of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which integrates gentle spinal manipulation along with exercise, nutrition and other recommendations. We see the value in researchers’ description of work-related musculoskeletal pain disorders as those painful conditions brought on by inadequate use of the musculoskeletal system during work. Exercise, education, ergonomic direction, massage are pretty typical methods of managing and trying to prevent pain. Most recommendations like this were for workers to do on their own time. Recently, researchers suggested the benefit of specific, individualized, resistance strengthening exercises in the workplace to reduce pain, fatigue, and discomfort in worker’s neck and upper extremities. (3) That’s a promising idea. Old Mill Chiropractic sees the benefit of taking care of oneself at home and in the workplace!
CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses treatment of cervical radiculopathy with arm and neck pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. After months of pain and trying all sorts of treatments, she found relief.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic today. We all work. There’s no arguing that! If work and its postures are painful, let’s chat. Together, we can find a way to relieve and prevent workplace musculoskeletal pain.
