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Help for Managing Millville Back Pain Associated with Fatty Paraspinal Muscles

If you experience chronic back pain, like many other Millville back pain patients, odds are you’ve heard of paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate. This spinal issue can cause a lot of discomfort and can even result in gait disturbances. In this blog post, we will look more closely at paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate and how it is related to lumbar spinal stenosis and its treatment with spinal manipulation offered at Wilson Family Chiropractic.

WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the tissues of the muscles around the spine. This condition is often caused by aging or genetics, although it can also be triggered by lifestyle factors such as eating poorly or not exercising. It is important to note that this condition does not always cause symptoms, but if it does, they can involve low back pain, stiffness in the lower back and legs, or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances since gait depends on hip muscles like the gluteus medius. A recent report described how the extent to which the gluteus medius is atrophied (weakened) impacted lumbar spinal stenosis symptomatology. (1) A leading spinal condition affecting more than 500 million people over 65 years old, lumbar spinal stenosis, is associated with distorted gait as gait depends on robust muscle activity. (2) Millville chiropractic patients know Wilson Family Chiropractic evaluates gait in all our patients during our chiropractic exam.

PARASPINAL FATTY INFILTRATE AND LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate can be related to lumbar spinal stenosisa narrowing of the spinal canal that leads to lower back pain and even pain down the legs by putting pressure on spinal nervesand resulting Millville back pain. Intervertebral disc degeneration and fatty-infiltrated paraspinal muscles – multifidus, erector spinae, etc. – are linked and found to cause chronic low back pain and related issues: the more fat, the more degeneration. (3) Other researchers agreed that fat infiltration of the paraspinal muscles like the multifidus muscle may be linked to lower back pain when it was not linked to other factors like a person with back pain who was male, older or has a higher BMI older, male, or having a higher BMI]78]. (4) Wilson Family Chiropractic offers alleviating chiropractic treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis and its back pain.

LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS & SPINAL MANIPULATION

Treatment options for lumbar spinal stenosis vary depending on severity and the healthcare practitioner who was seen from nutrition, surgery, exercise, drugs, and/or spinal manipulation and mobilization. A study described that one treatment of spinal manipulation significantly decreased spinal stiffness and enhanced the multifidus muscle thickness ratio that maintained for more than 7 days for spinal manipulation responders. (5) Your Millville chiropractor uses such care for back pain relief, especially the well-researched chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management addresses back pain and affiliated muscles.

CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is a common condition that can trigger a range of issues involving low back pain, stiffness in the lower body, and gait disturbances. It is sometimes associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. If you have any symptoms related to paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate or lumbar spinal stenosis, it's important to speak with your Millville chiropractor at Wilson Family Chiropractic about your treatment options so you can find relief as quickly as possible. Make your appointment today!

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