St Peters Smoking Increases Body Pain Particularly Spine Pain
Smoking. We know it’s bad. Smoking is bad. The body doesn’t like it. Your spine hates it! Old Mill Chiropractic likes your spine and offers St Peters chiropractic care for your spine. You like your spine or at least require it! Be good to your spine and keep it healthy! Let Old Mill Chiropractic take care of your spine when it needs some special attention to get back to its healthy state. The first step toward health for a St Peters smoker suffering with back pain may necessitate a chiropractic treatment plan that includes a plan to stop smoking.
WHO SMOKES?
Researchers are curious about factors related to smoking. In a review of 7547 patients who underwent back surgery, they discovered that 18% were smokers. The researchers stated that compared to the non-smokers, the smokers were younger, male, nondiabetic, and nonobese. Patients in this group who have coronary artery disease were more liable to be smokers. Smokers who had lumbar spine back surgery presented initially more with leg pain than back pain and disability. Their employment, insurance/uninsured, and education status were also related to smoking status. Interestingly though, smoking status did not influence the disability status one year after back surgery. (1) Altering such risk factors work just as well for smokers and nonsmokers luckily. Old Mill Chiropractic would encourage a St Peters smoker dealing with St Peters back pain to stop smoking.
SMOKING’S EFFECTS ON THE BODY
The body knows what’s good for it…and what’s not. Smoking is not. Studying 2307 smokers and non-smokers, researchers discovered that smoking is most strongly associated with spine pain. Headache, trunk pain and limb pain followed. Active smoking is associated with pain in every part of the body. The spine and head take the brunt of the painful effect though. If a smoker does not like pain, you’ll want to think about stop smoking! (2) Old Mill Chiropractic is with you to back your attempt to stop smoking when you are ready.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Silke Laub of chiropractic’s contribution to palliative care of a patient with cancer who has neuropathic pain due to chemotherapy. Dr. Michael Johnson of The Back Doctors Podcast highlighted the supportive side of chiropractic care and Cox® Technic for patients with spine related pain.
Schedule your next St Peters chiropractic visit with Old Mill Chiropractic. Smoking is a risk factor for more pain. Smoking is really bothersome to the spine. Being the St Peters back pain specialist, your St Peters chiropractor is here to ease back pain and help any efforts you choose to decrease your back pain.
