Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with Sitka Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women demands some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your Sitka chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka give it! Women who experience back pain are a special subset of our chiropractic practice with whom we love to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND Sitka BACK PAIN
A recent study reported that low back pain in older women is linked to abdominal truck muscle weakness. The women included in this study also experienced reduced mobility function. Even their knee extensor muscle strength was weak. What links these concerns together? Muscle. Researchers described that muscle weakness directly linked low back pain, malnutrition, and reduced mobility function in older women. The good news was emphasized that exercise enhanced these factors. (1) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka sees over and over the benefit of exercise for our Sitka back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
Sitka chiropractic patients with back pain desire pain relief. That is the objective of care. Our patients often see other healthcare providers who recommend options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 indicating sever patients need to be treated for one patient to report benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A new study found that these options many times deliver clinically meaningful pain reduction as shown by the above number-needed-to-treat statistics. Which works over time though? Exercise. The researchers wrote that the single intervention that showed sustained benefit after the study’s intervention time period came to an end was exercise. (2) We share this to encourage exercise for all our Sitka back pain (and neck pain) patients. Since this is an article focused about women with low back pain, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka encourages our female patients who are a little older to exercise. It’s part of the chiropractic treatment plan that involves simple exercises as the beginning point!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Francis Bigas Morales on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares treatment of lumbago suffered by a patient and her treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Sitka chiropractic appointment soon. We specially care for our female patients with back pain! We will do our part in creating an individualized treatment plan and exercise program to support you in doing your part with exercise for optimal back pain relief!
