10/27/2025
NO REST FOR THE WEARY
The health community has come to the understanding that prolonged best rest neither accelerates the healing, nor the resolution, of lower back pain. The same avoidance of bed rest, however; was never extended to the treatment of sciatica, characterized by pain that radiates to the buttocks and down the back of the legs due to pressured or inflamed spinal nerves. A study of nearly 200 sciatica patients reveals that bed rest does not accelerate recovery time or improve the symptoms of sciatica. Moreover, health experts have come to believe that gentle movement is a better choice; because it helps allay the secondary effects of bed rest (tightened muscles, loss of strength and flexibility, as well as a loss in chondroblast production). Therefore; bed rest can actually create a problem with the cartilage of the spine. Call Better Health Chiropractic today at (319)232-2166 for your evaluation.
