Chiropractor Holistic Approach Relieves More than Aches and Pains

A recent study into widespread neck pain but the University of Oslo in Norway, concluded that neck pain is rarely an isolated occurrence and is often accompanied by pain in other parts of the body.

For this reason, chiropractic care can offer the best possible long-term solutions to neck pain as chiropractic is an holistic approach that deals with the entire body, not just isolated pockets of pain within the body.

Regular visits to a chiropractor can eliminate much more than back and neck pain.


Neck Pain Is Often Part of More Widespread Pain
December 01, 2010.

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who report neck pain generally report additional pain in other body sites and reduced functioning associated with this widespread pain, according to research published in the Nov. 1 issue of Spine.

Bard Natvig, M.D., of the University of Oslo in Norway, and colleagues investigated the relationship between neck pain, other pain, and functioning. The researchers sent questionnaires about musculoskeletal pain to residents of Ullensaker in Norway, comprising seven birth cohorts. They received 3,325 responses. The participants were required to report whether, during the previous week, they experienced pain in one or more of the following areas: head, neck, shoulder, elbow, hand/wrist, upper back, lower back, hip, knee, and ankle/foot.

The researchers found that neck pain was reported most frequently as either regional pain (15.9 percent) or part of widespread pain (14.8 percent). Only 1.4 percent reported localized neck pain. Those who had neck pain that was part of widespread pain reported reduced functioning compared with other neck pain groups.

"Epidemiological research on neck pain that does not assess other pain sites will miss a crucial dimension. Also, in clinical medicine, increased awareness of pain patterns coexisting with neck pain might be important in the search for causes, prediction of prognosis, as well as choice of treatment," the authors conclude.


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Dr. Stephen Estner is a Chiropractor in Rhode Island with office locations in Pawtucket and Cranston, Rhode Island. His offices offer chiropractic rehabilitation through acupuncture, massage therapy, and manipulation of the spine, joints, and muscles. Dr. Estner treats all spinal injuries, back pain, and symptoms including those due to automobile accidents, workplace and sports injuries, pregnancy, and provides general care and maintenance of the spine.

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