Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can benefit from exercise. Our Williamson back pain patients
know from day 1 that exercise
is within their ability. We demonstrate
how to do easy, helpful ones that will allow you some control over your pain.
Apple Country Chiropractic is your Williamson exercise coach as well as your
spinal manipulation
chiropractor: the best of both realms!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients do well with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and increasing
spine stability. There is a variety of exercise options available
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In a study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises proved
better than stabilization exercises in terms of proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, reducing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study reported
core stabilization exercise to lessen pain, improve
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises performed24
daily equally helped multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Pick
one that you are most likely to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will thank you.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Despite a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to understand
what lies below our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A new study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to properly do
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises with the
addition of hip muscle strengthening effectively enhanced
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) Williamson
back pain patients desiring some pain relief are encouraged
to exercise as part of their
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts offers even
more 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 described that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehabilitative exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) found relief and recovery.
(6) In caring for back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the above patient did, clinicians receiving spinal
manipulation tend toward 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 utilized spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who had persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Apple Country Chiropractic thoroughly
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
you.
CONTACT Apple Country 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 overwhelming as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that eases back pain.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic
appointment today. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Apple Country Chiropractic. We will find a way
forward together!