Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief
Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your Baton Rouge chiropractor at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers knows some specific features 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 others. (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 high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely explored how reduced hamstring flexibility may contribute to low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also recorded 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 reduced lumbar lordosis were linked to an increased risk of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test known as Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses 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 enhance all of these issues! Add them to your routine after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers uses a multi-faceted 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 motion to the spine. (7) A lumbar support belt may be recommended. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the author. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed that two types of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be beneficial in sit-to-stand motion that is important in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to strengthen the extensor muscles and spinal nutrition supplements may also be advised to support your effort to ease 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 his patient with chronic low back pain.
Make your next Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment with Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s origin and its relief.
