Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Carrolltown back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can move, they can exercise safely. We show
how to do simple, helpful ones that will help
you feel some control over your situation.
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is your Carrolltown exercise coach as well as your
chiropractor who delivers spinal manipulation: 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 enhancing
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 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 stated
core stabilization exercise to decrease pain, improve
function, and increase core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
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
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 effective in
training back pain patients to correctly do
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) Carrolltown
back pain patients seeking some pain relief are encouraged
to perform exercises as part of their
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts offers even
more hope for back pain patients regardless of 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) got relief and recovery.
(6) In caring for back pain in patients who have undergone
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the above patient did, clinicians using spinal
manipulation are inclined to using gentler non-manual-thrust
spinal manipulation while chiropractors leaned toward using
manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was applied 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 experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation thoroughly
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
you.
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he shares how the many spine care options 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 relieves back pain.
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic
appointment soon. Whatever the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. We will find a way
forward together!