Glute Strengthening Plus Chiropractic Eases Back Pain
Patient to the chiropractor: “Treat me so I don’t hurt.”
Chiropractor: “Be sure to do your exercises, so you won’t hurt.”
Chiropractors like your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic wonder how to get back pain patients to do suggested exercises. In any case, these exercises help back pain sufferers get stronger as well as reduce and prevent back pain! The back muscles and gluteus muscles and hamstrings get greater. Patients ponder why the chiropractor suggests exercises when all they wanted was for the chiropractor to resolve the back pain problem. What a dilemma! Both the McHenry chiropractor and McHenry chiropractic patient have the same goal - pain relief – but their beliefs, experiences and expectations are different. (1) That’s how it is. Research shows this. Clinical experience shows this. When patients know this and their chiropractors know this, everyone then does his/her part to relieve McHenry back pain, prevent future pain, and strengthen muscle. Let’s do that!
EXERCISE GUIDELINES TO LESSEN AND PREVENT BACK PAIN AND NECK PAIN
Guidelines for how to manage back pain and neck pain are published. Exercise is among the recommendations for the non-invasive pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for treating acute and chronic low back pain and neck pain both devoid of serious pathology and with radiculopathy. Spinal manipulation and manual therapy are also among these guidelines by the Global Spine Care Initiative. (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic pays attention to these in caring for McHenry back pain.
BACK PAIN BENEFITS FROM STRONG GLUTEAL MUSCLES
Patients with low back pain tend to be less active. Pain affects that decision. Low back pain patients fear that activity may initiate pain, resulting in weakened muscles like the gluteus maximus. Prolonged immobilization or sedentariness prevents use of these muscles. In low back pain patients, a weak gluteus maximus is a common finding. Researchers report that the gluteus maximus cross-sectional area is decreased in low back pain sufferers, especially for women. (3) For McHenry chiropractic back pain patients facing unrelenting lumbopelvic pain and test positive for sacroiliac joint dysfunction, doing gluteus maximus strengthening exercises is advantageous. Patients who did these found a decrease in pain and an increase in gluteus maximum strength and function. (4) Performing both - exercise to strengthening the gluteus maximus muscles and lumbar segmental stabilization exercise – lessened low back pain disability significantly more and improved lumbar spine muscle strength and balance better than just lumbar segmental stabilization exercise alone. (5) To stimulate the gluteus maximus muscles, erector spinae and hamstrings more deliverately during exercise, researchers came up with a unique laser pointer system that allowed the exercise participants to see their muscle usage. This enhanced their form. (6) Let your McHenry chiropractor be your laser pointer! Follow suggested tips for how to exercise the right way.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic appointment to arrange a treatment plan that includes your McHenry chiropractor treating and your exercising to strengthen muscles. When the McHenry chiropractor and the McHenry chiropractic patient both “get” each other, McHenry back pain is history!
