Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Groton back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We show
how to do simple, helpful ones that will help
you feel some control over your condition.
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is your Groton 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 increasing
spine stability. There is a variety of exercise options obtainable
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 regarding proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, reducing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study stated
core stabilization exercise to reduce pain, enhance
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily both increased 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 that may frustrate you (We all want to understand
what lies below 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 properly perform
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises with the
addition of hip muscle strengthening effectively improved
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) Groton
back pain patients seeking some pain relief are encouraged
to exercise as part of an
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes even
more hope for back pain patients despite the 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) In caring for back pain in patients who have already had
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 used less than 12 months after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare
providers used spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office thoroughly
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
your spine.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
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 eases back pain.
Make your Groton chiropractic
appointment today. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. We will find a path
forward together!