OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief
Non-specific low back pain. Really? No one wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific.” Well, your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and particular ways to help control and alleviate its pain with chiropractic care.
NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS
What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research documented 121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is key for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Contributing issues to non-specific low back pain included: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension as well as weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and irregular movement of the lumbar spine to compensate for the weak muscles. (2) Researchers have specifically explored how decreased hamstring flexibility may contribute to low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noticed significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited range of motion of the hamstring muscle, and reduced lumbar lordosis were linked to a higher risk of acquiring low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (It’s not a bad exercise to do regularly either to enhance all of these problems! Try them out after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic uses a multi-pronged approach to helping NSLBP patients with their movement. The gentle, non-radicular treatment protocols of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression are intended to provoke and reestablish normal ranges of spinal motion. (7) A lumbar support brace may be suggested. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed that two kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a beneficial effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be helpful in sit-to-stand motion that is vital in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to make the extensor muscles stronger and spinal nutrition supplements may also be recommended to support your effort to ease and control your non-specific low back pain.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.
Schedule your next McHenry chiropractic appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s origin as well as its relief.
