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April 2022 Healthy News from Wilson Family Chiropractic Words Describing Back Pain and Exercises to Strengthen the Multifidi Are Important

Your Millville chiropractor listens to every word used to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan.

 
WORDS DESCRIBING PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CHIROPRACTOR

“Why are you asking me all these questions, doc?”

Our Millville chiropractic patients are central to our practice. Wilson Family Chiropractic wants to understand each of our patients and your pain experience well, treat you well, and ensure that you are satisfied with your care and outcome. That’s why we have you to explain your pain to us, sometimes several times and in a variety of different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort” to one may denote “pain” to another while “stiffness” is “pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It’s true! Researchers did a deep-dive into these different words and their meanings to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain was sharp/shooting, discomfort was dull/tingling, stiffness signified tight/restricted. (1) It is beneficial for Wilson Family Chiropractic to know our patient’s experience with pain to better meet expectations and enhance satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being greatest pain) and reported multiple pain locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of 17). Those are very typical of reasons patients pursue chiropractic care! In this setting, because patients trusted their main physician, patients were satisfied with the collaboration amongst the various healthcare team members. Patients valued consistency in care from one caregiving chiropractor. (2) Wilson Family Chiropractic knows our patients appreciate - and can expect - these same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!

Your Millville chiropractor listens to every word used to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan. 

Millville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Strengthen Multifidus Muscles While Standing

Back pain. It is a simple description that may stem from a multitude of factors including the muscles of the spine, those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, deep, smaller muscles that run alongside the spine from the neck to the sacrum. These muscles aid movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted. (3) Recently, researchers proposed that the multifidi may be a potential source of back pain since they are described as being stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is associated with lumbodorsal musculature (which includes the multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus well enough which may avert low back pain caused by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally beneficial to strengthen these multifidus muscles. (5) That’s great news! Millville back pain sufferers can do easy, standing exercises like this anywhere! The multifidus muscles benefit!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the value of increasing muscle strength and function as part of back pain care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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Schedule your next Millville chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles will be directed in proper exercise to lessen and potentially avert back pain. Wilson Family Chiropractic will ask you questions, and you are encouraged to ask Wilson Family Chiropractic questions, too!

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