Are there tools that can help relieve pain?

 

 

Physical modalities

 

When we talk about modalities, we mean things like ultrasound, electric stimulation, heating and cooling devices and lasers to name a few. The studies looking for example at laser therapy for pain relief are outstanding. Many modalities have shown outstanding results in practice and I’ll give you a good example.

Going back to the days in the inner city clinic, I met an elderly patient who came in to see us for low back pain. On the first visit she came in a wheel chair. Let’s call her Marge. Marge was a lovely person. She reminded you of everyone’s perfect idea of what a grandma should be. The problem was she couldn’t move around on her own. She was brought in by her daughter who was a registered nurse and who was concerned about her taking any more medication for pain as she was already taking several pills to manage her hypertension and diabetes. It also helped that we accepted Medicare. 

Now, there was a problem treating Marge. She was in a wheel chair, it was difficult for her to get on and off the table for treatments and she did seem to be in a lot of distress. So we did the one thing that we thought might give her some relief without having her suffer much more pain than she already had. We used hot and cold packs as well as electrical stimulation.  

This must have been one of those glowing cases. After the first treatment there was modest improvement in the pain level. After a few visits with just the modalities she showed some improvement that was significant. At this point it became easier to get her out of the wheel chair on her visits. We could do some simple rehabilitation exercises in the office and she was able to continue with them at home. 

These stories can get overlong so suffice to say that Marge graduated from wheelchair, to walker to cane in a matter of a few weeks. She surprised me one day walking briskly down the corridor to the treatment room. I hardly recognized her! She had come in without her daughter and without her cane and her pain level was significantly reduced.

There have been so many instances, weekly, perhaps even daily, where using modalities in office has helped our patients in acute pain. We continue to use selected modalities in specific cases along with our other tools. 

 

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Regards in health,

Dr. Davia H. Shepherd

Saporito Chiropractic

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