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Sitka Back and Neck Pain due to Things like Sitting or Doing Computer Work

Sitting too long. Working on a computer for for too long. Flexing over a project for a long time. Many positional issues may initiate back pain or neck pain. Spine researchers talk about flexion relaxation ratios (FRR) and flexion relaxation phenomena (FRP) that arise with such back and neck irritations.  Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is ready to help reduce Sitka neck pain and back pain with our chiropractic services as well as help troubleshoot ways to reduce the risk of pain when doing movements you have to do all the time or things you want to do occasionally but know they are irritating to your back or neck.

LUMBAR SPINE and LOW BACK PAIN: Sitting

The curiosity of spinal pain researchers produces some research-provoking issues like does sitting for an hour produce pain in patients with a history of back pain (but don’t have back pain currently) versus those without. They did not see a difference in the flexion relaxation ratio (FRR) they measured but think that may be because an hour wasn’t long enough to bring on pain in the history-of-back-pain patients. (1) Hum? A reduction of the paraspinal muscle activity at maximum flexion reveals the related flexion relaxation phenomenon (FRP). A review of 48 published studies on this topic documented that nonspecific low back pain patients’ FRP was altered. Compared to asymptomatic patients, this difference was significant. (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka examines these types of issues in our Sitka back pain patients and neck pain patients.

CERVICAL SPINE and NECK PAIN

FRP and FRR can be quantified in neck pain patients, too. In comparison to the lumbar spine’s FRP and FFR, differences in the reaction of cervical spine muscles were noted in patients with pain versus volunteers who don’t have pain. The cervical flexion relaxation phenomenon was noted in neck extensor muscles when in flexion. Persistent muscle contraction due to reduced flexion relaxation places vertebral structures at risk due to too much loading. 84% of healthy subjects showed FRP while only 36% of in-pain patients did. FRR was less in neck pain patientsas well. (3) Further, when contrasting computer workers with neck pain to those without neck pain to those who do not computer work, researchers concluded that computer use could increase the use of the semispinalis capitis during neck extension, making it a possible predictor of symptomatic neck musculoskeletal disorders as its initiation was seen in both types of computer users’ necks. (4) Such a finding is useful to healthcare providers like your chiropractor to test this muscle set on extension and counsel our patients on how to strengthen the cervical extensor muscles.

RELIEF FOR NECK AND BACK PAIN

Cox® Technic is gentle, relieving Sitka chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain. Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Sean Delahunt on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with neck pain.   

CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka

Make your next Sitka chiropractic appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. For relief of spine pain due to positional activities, our treatment plan decreases the pain and offers tips on how to lessen the risk of pain while doing what you must and what you want to do. 

 
a person Sitka bending over a computer holding her back due to pain 
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