Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s
not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your Sitka chiropractor
at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows some specific qualities
of back pain like yours and particular ways to help control
and ease its pain with chiropractic care.
NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS
What renders non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so
non-specific? A recent review of research documented 121 movement and 150
muscular activity biomarkers to differentiate non-specific low
back pain sufferers from asymptomatic people. (1) That information
is valuable 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 high
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 specifically explored
how reduced hamstring flexibility may impact
low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for
stiffness when examining low back pain sufferers.
(3) Further, they also noted significantly poorer
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 decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to greater odds of developing
low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times
Sit-to-Stand Test measures lower extremity muscle strength, balance,
function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (It is not a bad
exercise to do regularly either to improve all of these issues!
Start doing them after we examine
you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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 restore
normal ranges of spinal motion. (7) A lumbar support brace may be suggested.
The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated
reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the author.
Interesting! In a new study, healthy persons vs non-specific low
back pain patients demonstrated that two kinds 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 ease and control your non-specific low
back pain.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the
effective, gentle treatment with the Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with chronic
low back pain.
Schedule your next Sitka
chiropractic appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. We work to make specific what we
can of your low back pain’s origin and its relief.
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