Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have stronger muscles than others. Some are more susceptible to depression than others. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor understands this and joins each back pain patient where s/he is and examines each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that gauges the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be affected by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors get this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that a few low back disc degeneration patients experience. A new study explained that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were found to move differently, more guardedly, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also suffered with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a lower quality of life. (3) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor embraces all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional aspects), so it doesn’t control them.