Effective Toronto Back Pain Exercise: Bird Dog
Exercise for back pain: a common recommendation with good reason. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre individualizes the suitable back pain exercises for each Toronto back pain sufferer visiting Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre to relieve pain best, bolster the supporting muscles like the erector spinae and multifidus, and recoup function. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre also gives every effort to find exercises that are simple, effective in numerous ways like the “bird dog” move!
INDIVIDUALIZED EXERCISE BASED ON YOUR SPINE
Chronic low back pain patients are not created equally. There are numerous factors that impact their back pain status. Each chronic low back pain sufferer must be evaluated individually as your Toronto chiropractor always tries to do. It’s well-known that back muscle function differs from one chronic low back pain sufferer to another. Differences can be found via a thorough examination which Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre does quite well. The exam discoveries help create an individual treatment plan with individualized exercise recommendations. (1) Be confident that you will be treated like the individual you are at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre!
WHICH EXERCISE FOR WHICH MUSCLE?
Exercise is a common prescription for back pain patients…and with good reason. Muscles support the body and spine. A review of published papers on the usefulness of exercise found that exercise was likely effective for chronic low back pain compared to no treatment, placebo, advice or education alone, electrotherapy, or usual care. Its effect was limited for function, but it improved pain and functional limitations outcomes. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre believes our Toronto chiropractic patients would concur that benefits of any sort like this for a condition that is reported to be the foremost cause of disability around the world for the past three decades or so, costing much in direct healthcare expense and lost productivity, are worth pursuing with a little exercise. Start with one exercise (like the following one!) and build up to the basic 10 for back pain.
ONE SIMPLE, EFFECTIVE EXERCISE: BIRD DOG
Erector spinae and multifidi muscles often grow weak with back pain yet are so valuable for stability. Bird-dog (aka quadruped opposite arm/leg) is a 3-way effective exercise: toning the erector spinae while strengthening both the core and the multifidus. Start this by starting on all fours: knees and hands, stretching the left leg and right arm out parallel to the floor. Hold this for a couple seconds and repeat on the other side. Do this 10 times on each side. (3,4) Talk with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre before beginning any exercise though to be sure it’s appropriate for you!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Martin Fleming on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the treatment plan and outcome for a patient with low back and leg pain following The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Toronto chiropractic appointment soon. We will unite back pain and exercise together in a sensible way just for you and your back pain relief goal.
