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Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre knows some specific features of back pain like yours and particular ways to help contain and ease its pain with chiropractic care.

NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS

What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A newer review of research documented  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to differentiate non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is valuable for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Researchers listed these issues as being contributory to non-specific low back pain: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension in addition to 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 reduced hamstring flexibility may impact low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain sufferers. (3) Further, they also recorded significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited hamstring range of motion, and decreased lumbar lordosis were associated with an increased risk 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 problems! Try them out 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 intended to elicit 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 paper. 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 positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be beneficial in sit-to-stand motion that is important 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 get rid of 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 shares the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a 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. 

 
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre share the specific characteristics and treatment of non-specific low back pain.  
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