Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with McHenry Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women demands some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic give it! Women who suffer back pain are a special subset of our chiropractic practice with whom we are happy to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND McHenry BACK PAIN
A recent report shared that low back pain among older women is linked to abdominal truck muscle weakness. The women described in this study also experienced decreased mobility function. Even their knee extensor muscle strength was weak. What links these issues together? Muscle. Researchers described that muscle weakness clearly tied low back pain, malnutrition, and decreased mobility function in older women. The good news was highlighted that exercise improved these issues. (1) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees over and over the benefit of exercise for our McHenry back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
McHenry chiropractic patients with back pain want pain relief. That’s the aim of care. Our patients frequently see other healthcare providers who recommend options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 meaning 7 patients need to be treated for one patient to report benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A recent study found that these options many times deliver clinically meaningful pain reduction as demonstrated by the above number-needed-to-treat stats. Which works in the long run though? Exercise. The researchers explained that the only intervention that demonstrated sustained benefit after the study’s intervention time period came to an end was exercise. (2) We share this to foster the practice of exercise for all our McHenry back pain (and neck pain) patients. Since this is an article focused about women with low back pain, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic encourages our female patients who are a little older to exercise. It is part of the chiropractic treatment plan that incorporates simple exercises as the starting 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 describes treatment of a patient with lumbago and her treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic appointment now. We specially care for our female patients who have back pain! We’ll do our part in designing an personalized treatment plan and exercise program to encourage you to do your part with exercise for best back pain relief!
