Wake Up Your Multifidus Muscles: A Path to Chronic Back Pain Relief
Dealing with chronic low back pain every single day? There's hope: those deep multifidus muscles supporting your spine may simply need the right care to function properly again. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is here to help with your back pain relief! Recent research shows that targeting these specific muscles could finally give you, our Fort Wayne chiropractic patient, the relief you've been searching for.
MEET YOUR SPINE'S UNSUNG HEROES
Your multifidus muscles are deep stabilizers that support each individual vertebra in your spine. When they're working properly, they provide the stability and protection your spine needs to move pain-free. But when chronic pain strikes, these muscles often become weak and stop firing properly—creating a frustrating cycle where pain causes weakness, and weakness causes more pain. A 2025 comprehensive review by Abd-Elsayed and colleagues confirms what many chiropractors like yours at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc have observed (1): multifidus dysfunction plays a major role in chronic low back pain, and the evidence for treating it directly is growing stronger.
TWO PROVEN APPROACHES WORTH TRYING
Ask your chiropractor about intramuscular electrical stimulation—it's a game-changer for many patients. Kużdżał and team's randomized controlled trial showed that this targeted therapy significantly improved both pain levels and function in chronic back pain patients. (2) By directly initiating weakened multifidus muscles, it helps restore the strength and coordination your spine desperately needs.
Don't overlook the potential of specific exercises, either. Wongcharoen and colleagues found that core stabilization exercises—think controlled pelvic tilts, bridges, and abdominal bracing that stimulate your deep spinal muscles while keeping your spine in neutral alignment—delivered substantial pain reduction when performed regularly. (3) These aren't your usual gym exercises; they're specifically designed movements that retrain your multifidus muscles to support you all the day through.
TAKE ACTION NOW AND CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
Stop accepting chronic back pain as your new normal. Ask your chiropractor at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc about multifidus-focused treatment options at your next visit. Whether through electrical stimulation, directed exercise protocols, or hands-on techniques with our gentle Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression spinal manipulation, focusing on these crucial muscles could change your pain experience.
