Oxford Back Pain Relief Helped by Exercise
Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can benefit from exercise. Our Oxford back pain patients realize from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We share how to do simple, effective ones that will allow you 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 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 one 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 reported core stabilization exercise to decrease pain, improve function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises performed24 daily equally increased multifidus muscle thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis . (3) Advice: Choose one that you like 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 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 good for training back pain patients to properly perform 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) Oxford back pain patients wanting some pain relief are urged to perform exercises as part of an overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes 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 shared that flexion distraction spinal manipulation along with rehab 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 patient described above did, clinicians using spinal manipulation are inclined to using gentler non-manual-thrust spinal manipulation while chiropractors tended to use manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was applied less than 12 months after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare providers delivered spinal manipulation with 85% of patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Satterwhite Chiropractic thoroughly examines and determines the gentlest treatment technique for your spine.
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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 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.
Make your Oxford chiropractic appointment soon. No matter the back pain source or condition, bring it to Satterwhite Chiropractic. [{We will|We’ll]61] find a way forward together!
