Oxford Back and Neck Pain due to Things like Sitting or Doing Computer Work
Working on a computer for a long time. Sitting too long. Flexing over a project for a long time. Many positional issues may initiate back pain or neck pain. Spine researchers discuss flexion relaxation ratios (FRR) and flexion relaxation phenomena (FRP) that occur with such irritations of the neck and low back. Satterwhite Chiropractic is ready to help reduce Oxford neck pain and back pain with our chiropractic services as well as help troubleshoot ways to reduce the risk of pain when doing things you have to do all the time or things you want to do on occasion but know they are irritating to your back or neck.
LUMBAR SPINE and LOW BACK PAIN: Sitting
The curiosity of spinal pain researchers produces some research-provoking issues like does sitting for an hour bring about pain in patients who have had back pain before (but don’t have back pain currently) versus those without. They didn’t find a difference in the flexion relaxation ratio (FRR) they measured but think that may be because an hour was not long enough to trigger pain in the history-of-back-pain patients. (1) Hum? A reduction of the paraspinal muscle activity at maximum flexion demonstrates the related flexion relaxation phenomenon (FRP). A review of 48 published studies on this topic noted that nonspecific low back pain patients’ FRP was altered. Compared to asymptomatic patients, this variation was significant. (2) Satterwhite Chiropractic looks at these types of issues when examining our Oxford back pain patients and neck pain patients.
CERVICAL SPINE and NECK PAIN
FRP and FRR can be quantified in neck pain patients, too. In comparison to the lumbar spine’s FRP and FFR, differences in the reaction of cervical spine muscles were noted in pain patients versus asymptomatic volunteers. The cervical flexion relaxation phenomenon was seen in neck extensor muscles when in flexion. Persistent muscle contraction due to reduced flexion relaxation puts vertebral structures at risk due to too much loading. 84% of healthy subjects showed FRP while only 36% of in-pain patients did. FRR was lower in neck pain patients, too. (3) Further, when contrasting computer workers with neck pain to those without neck pain to those who don’t do computer work, researchers deduced that computer use could increase the use of the semispinalis capitis during neck extension, making it a possible predictor of symptomatic neck musculoskeletal disorders as its activation was seen in both types of computer users’ necks. (4) Such a finding is helpful to healthcare providers like your chiropractor to see what this muscle does on extension and advise our patients on how to strengthen the cervical extensor muscles.
RELIEF FOR NECK AND BACK PAIN
Cox® Technic is gentle, relieving Oxford chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain. Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Sean Delahunt on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with neck pain.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
Schedule your next Oxford chiropractic appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic. For relief of spine pain due to positional activities, our treatment plan decreases the pain and shares tips on how to reduce the risk of pain while doing what you want and have to do.
