Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with Toronto Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women demands some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre give it! Women who suffer back pain are a special subset of our chiropractic practice with whom we love to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND Toronto BACK PAIN
A recent report shared that low back pain in 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 concerns together? Muscle. Researchers explained that muscle weakness directly linked low back pain, malnutrition, and decreased mobility function in older women. The good news was emphasized that exercise enhanced these issues. (1) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre witnesses over and over the benefit of exercise for our Toronto back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
Toronto chiropractic patients with back pain desire pain relief. That’s the objective of care. Our patients often try other healthcare options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 meaning 7 patients need to be treated for 1 patient to experience benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A new study reported that these options often deliver clinically meaningful pain decrease as shown by the above number-needed-to-treat statistics. Which works over time though? Exercise. The researchers wrote that the one 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 Toronto back pain (and neck pain) patients. For purposes of this article about women with low back pain, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre urges our older female patients to exercise. It’s central to the chiropractic treatment plan that includes 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 shares treatment of a patient with lumbago and the treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your Toronto chiropractic appointment now. We specially care for our female patients who experience back pain! We’ll do our part in designing an personalized treatment plan and exercise guide to encourage you to do your part with exercise for best back pain relief!
