patient's medical history relative to the cause of their back pain is essntial but I also normally delve into their health status. This health status involves their psychological state and their lifestyle activities. Obviously, smokers, alcoholics, and couch potatoes are more prone to back pain than active, healthy individuals. It also sems that everyone is more prone to episodes of low back pain when they are dehydrated and/or under extreme amounts of stress.
After an initial history and examination, I set out to determine a comprehensive chiropractic treatment regime, patients suffering with back pain. This regime includes proper hydration levels by recommending increased water intake.
My water drinking recommendations for patients with back pain.
At this time, I recommend that my patients who are sedentary peratures (over 85 degrees Fahrenheit) consume 40-50 percent of their body weight in ounces of water. So, a patient weighting 150 pounds should consider the consumption of 60-75 ounces of water per day. Water sources include food and certain beverages, so an individual should be able to gain 20 percent of their water needs from a balanced diet. I do not consider soda, coffee, alcohol, and black teas to be good sources of water because of their diuretic effects. There are various opinions about the water content values of beverages, but I won't entertain those discussions in this article.
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