Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief
Non-specific low back pain. Really? Who wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific”? Well, your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and specific ways to help control and ease its pain with chiropractic care.
NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS
What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A newer review of research documented 121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic people. (1) That information is critical for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Researchers listed these issues as being contributory to non-specific low back pain: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and elevated erector spinae activity during hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may add to low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when evaluating low back pain sufferers. (3) Further, they also noticed significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited hamstring range of motion, and reduced lumbar lordosis were linked to a higher risk of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Performing this test daily isn’t such a bad idea either! It may well enhance all of these problems! Add them to your routine after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc uses a multi-pronged approach to helping NSLBP patients with their movement. The gentle, non-radicular treatment protocols of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression are intended to provoke and reestablish normal ranges of motion to the spine. (7) A lumbar support brace may be recommended. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the source. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients demonstrated that two types of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a beneficial effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be helpful in sit-to-stand motion that is essential in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to make the extensor muscles stronger and spinal nutrition supplements may also be advised to support your effort to get rid of and control your non-specific low back pain.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.
Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause and its relief.
