Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc with all different types issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more susceptible to depression than others. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor knows this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when designing a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Tests like the 6-minute walk test that evaluates the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be triggered by back pain. (1) Back muscles that weaken and turn fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) indicate issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons don’t like this as a poorer surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors know this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that a few low back disc degeneration patients endure. A new study explained that those who tend to experience recurrent back pain were found to move in a different way, more causiously, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a lower quality of life. (3) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one during the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional aspects), so it does not control them.