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Hello Heidi,
Have you 'fallen' off your self care schedule this FALL? With so much happening in the world right now, we understand. Have you noticed that your pain and stress increased as a result? We want to help. Raising the health & wellbeing of the individual ultimately improves the health of the whole. And this is our long and short term mission at InnerMovement.
It has been well established that chiropractic renders positive outcomes for mechanical pain (see pain studies below).
Did you also know that decreasing your pain through Chiropractic care can also improve your emotional state? If you struggle with chronic pain it’ll be no surprise to you that pain affects your sensations, emotions and thinking. However, if you are struggling with chronic stress as your primary imbalance, chronic pain is likely to follow.
We see this all the time at InnerMovement. For example, someone who is tired and grumpy on their first Chiropractic visit will return on their follow up visits reporting that they feel happier and lighter after being adjusted "as if a weight has been lifted off their shoulders".
So what’s happening? Research clearly shows that if you suffer with chronic pain you often have abnormal brain function leading to altered states.
As part of a mechanistic verses holistic medical approach, the common western medical practice model tends to put pain and stress into two separate categories. However, research using a functional MRI (type of MRI that requires patients remain still while thinking about performing specific tasks causing blood flow to the area or region in use during the task) found pain and stress are linked in the same area of the brain.
According to Yang et al.'s functional MRI (fMRI) research (2020); chiropractic adjustments help both! Their study concluded immediate changes in the areas of the brain involving pain, emotional, and cognitive centers were achieved after chiropractic adjustments.
The study also found that adding complementary therapy such as massage rendered even better functional improvement. Yang et al.'s study reaffirms our holistic approach at InnerMovement of combining chiropractic care and massage. After nearly 20 years of using this multidisciplinary approach, we have certainly witnessed improved mood and decreased pain with our patients at InnerMovement on a daily basis.
It was also found that the more significant the pain initially, the more frequent chiropractic care per week rendered better outcomes. Six (6) chiropractic visits over a few weeks time reduced pain the most (Yang et al., 2022). Again, this type of visit frequency is what we have been teaching our acute and chronic pain patients from day one at InnerMovement.
Although it feels good to see yet another research study validate our holistic approach and patients' experience over the past 20 years; it feels even BETTER to help patients get out of pain and living happier lives! We can't wait to see you on the schedule for your next adjustment and fall in a-lign-ment! :)
In Health,
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