Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can benefit from exercise. Our Oxford back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can move, they can exercise safely. We share
how to do simple, effective ones that will help
you feel some control over your condition.
Satterwhite Chiropractic is your Oxford exercise coach as well as your
chiropractor who delivers spinal manipulation: the best of both worlds!
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 obtainable
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 regarding proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, decreasing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study stated
core stabilization exercise to reduce pain, enhance
function, and increase core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises performed24
daily both helped multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you are most likely to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will appreciate
it.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Despite 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 new study found that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were effective in
training back pain patients to properly 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) Oxford
back pain patients seeking 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 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 improvement.
(6) Managing back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the patient described
above did, clinicians receiving 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 utilized spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who had persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Satterwhite Chiropractic thoroughly
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
your spine.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
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 choices may
be overwhelming as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that alleviates back pain.
Make your Oxford chiropractic
appointment now. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Satterwhite Chiropractic. We’ll find a way
forward together!