Johnson Chiropractic Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief
Non-specific low back pain. Really? No one wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific.” Well, your Richmond chiropractor at Johnson Chiropractic knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and specific ways to help control and ease its pain with chiropractic care.
NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS
What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research detailed 121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is critical for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Contributing issues to non-specific low back pain included: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity during hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may contribute to low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noted significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited hamstring range of motion, and reduced lumbar lordosis were linked to greater odds of acquiring low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test measures lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Doing this test daily is not such a bad idea either! It could enhance all of these problems! Try them out after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Johnson Chiropractic 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 reestablish normal ranges of motion to the spine. (7) A lumbar support belt may be suggested. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the author. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients demonstrated that two types of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a beneficial effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be helpful in sit-to-stand motion that is essential in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to strengthen the extensor muscles and spinal nutrition supplements may also be advised to support your effort to get rid of and control your non-specific low back pain.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.
Schedule your next Richmond chiropractic appointment with Johnson Chiropractic. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s origin as well as its relief.
