Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Millville back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can move, they can exercise safely. We demonstrate
how to do easy, helpful ones that will help
you feel some control over your condition.
Wilson Family Chiropractic is your Millville exercise coach as well as your
spinal manipulation
chiropractor: the best of both realms!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients get results with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and increasing
spine stability. There are many exercise options available
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In one study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises showed that they were
better than stabilization exercises in terms of proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, decreasing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study reported
core stabilization exercise to lessen pain, enhance
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily equally increased multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you like to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will thank you.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Regardless of a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to know what causes our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A recent study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to correctly perform
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises along with hip muscle strengthening effectively enhanced
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) Millville
back pain patients desiring some pain relief are encouraged
to do exercises as part of an
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes additional hope for back pain patients despite the diagnosis.
One case report of a 24-year-old patient with a recurrent disc herniation and
pain after back surgery laminectomy shared that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehab exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) found relief and improvement.
(6) Managing back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the patient described
above did, clinicians using spinal
manipulation are inclined to using gentler non-manual-thrust
spinal manipulation while chiropractors tended to use
manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was used less than 12 months after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare
providers delivered spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Wilson Family Chiropractic carefully
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
you.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes how the many spine care choices may
be a bit much to find your way through as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that alleviates back pain.
Make your Millville chiropractic
appointment soon. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Wilson Family Chiropractic. We’ll find a path
forward together!