Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief
Non-specific low back pain. Really? Who wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific”? Well, your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and specific ways to help control and alleviate its pain with chiropractic care.
NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS
What renders non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A newer review of research provided evidence of 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 elevated erector spinae activity throughout hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how reduced hamstring flexibility may impact low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when evaluating low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noted significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited hamstring range of motion, and decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to greater odds of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test known as Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test measures 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 improve all of these issues! Add them to your routine after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 designed to provoke and restore normal ranges of spinal motion. (7) A lumbar support belt may be suggested. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. Interesting! In a new study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed that two kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be beneficial in sit-to-stand motion that is vital in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to strengthen the extensor muscles 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 his patient with chronic low back pain.
Schedule your next Toronto chiropractic appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause as well as its relief.
