Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our McHenry back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We show
how to do simple, helpful ones that will help
you feel some control over your situation.
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is your McHenry exercise coach as well as your
spinal manipulation
chiropractor: the best of both realms!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients get results with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and enhancing
spine stability. There is a variety of exercise options obtainable
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In a study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises showed that they were
better than stabilization exercises regarding proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, decreasing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study reported
core stabilization exercise to decrease pain, improve
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily both increased multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you are most likely to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will thank you.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Despite a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to understand
what lies below our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A new study found that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were effective in
training back pain patients to correctly perform
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises with the
addition of hip muscle strengthening effectively enhanced
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) McHenry
back pain patients seeking some pain relief are urged
to do exercises as part of an
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes even
more hope for back pain patients despite the diagnosis.
One case report of a 24-year-old patient with a recurrent disc herniation and
pain after back surgery laminectomy described that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehab exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) found relief and recovery.
(6) In caring for back pain in patients who have undergone
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the above patient did, clinicians receiving spinal
manipulation are inclined to using gentler non-manual-thrust
spinal manipulation while chiropractors tended to use
manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was applied less than a
year after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare
providers utilized spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who had persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic thoroughly
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
you.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he shares how the many spine care options may
be a bit much to find your way through as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that relieves back pain.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic
appointment now. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. We will find a way
forward together!