McHenry Chiropractic Treatment of Back Pain and Related Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles
No doubt, our McHenry chronic back pain sufferers have heard about related paraspinal (multifidus, psoas, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae) muscle fatty infiltrate. These are all tied together: fatty muscle infiltration, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, facet joint degeneration, back pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic addresses all of them, too, to lessen back pain, improve the spine, and improve your quality of life.
WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the tissue of the muscles found near the spine, the paraspinal muscles. This condition may be caused by aging or genetics while it can also be activated by lifestyle issues like poor nutrition or lack of exercise. This condition does not always cause symptoms, but if it does, they can involve low back pain and related stiffness in the lower back and legs or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances. Intervertebral disc degeneration is a well-known culprit of chronic back pain, disc inflammation, and even spinal stability. Strong, well-functioning paraspinal muscles assist spinal stability. With back pain comes fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles that interfere with that. (1) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic tests for these issues thoroughly during the chiropractic examination with an understanding of this the possible connection.
THE BACK PAIN AND WEAK PARASPINAL MUSCLE CONNECTION
A recent study summarized that disc degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were strongly associated, facet joint degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were weakly associated, and facet joint degeneration and disc degeneration were strongly associated. It stated that the level of paraspinal muscle weakness rose with amount of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration while fatty infiltration of the multifidus paraspinal muscle was susceptible to weight. (2) Further, the published literature on the degree to which low back pain and fatty infiltration of multifidus and other paraspinal muscles (erector spinae, psoas, quadratus lumborum) impacted each other was somewhat conflicting – which comes first (pain or fatty infiltrate), can fatty infiltrate be reversed, is one predictive of the other (back pain that there is fatty infiltrate or fatty infiltrate that points to future back pain)? (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic keeps abreast of published research and urges our back pain patients to bolster the muscles that they can so that they can maintain the spine in healing and preventing future episodes of pain as best as possible.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE OF BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE WEAKNESS
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows that low back pain patients do not just have pain; they also get to endure muscle quality loss due to increased fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles. Just how much loss is highly correlated with the severity of the back pain and related dysfunction. (4) That’s the reason that exercise is so important alongside treatment of back pain for pain relief and prevention. Implementing The Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management in addition to other chiropractic services, nutrition and exercise, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here to help! While researchers are still studying whether fatty infiltration is changeable, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic finds the attempt to tone and improve strength a worthwhile effort.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the many options open to back pain sufferers regarding healthcare providers and highlights the benefit of being under the care of a chiropractor trained in the protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Make your McHenry chiropractic visit to address your back pain and weakened paraspinal muscles. Relief and a better quality of life are in your future!
