Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with Groton Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women requires some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your Groton chiropractor at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offer attention! Women who experience back pain are a special subset of our chiropractic practice with whom we love to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND Groton BACK PAIN
A recent study reported that low back pain in older women is linked to abdominal truck muscle weakness. The women described in this study also experienced decreased mobility function. Even their knee extensor muscle strength was weak. What links these issues together? Muscle. Researchers described that muscle weakness clearly tied low back pain, malnutrition, and decreased mobility function in older women. The good news was highlighted that exercise enhanced these factors. (1) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sees over and over the benefit of exercise for our Groton back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
Groton chiropractic patients with back pain want pain relief. That is the goal of care. Our patients often see other healthcare providers who recommend options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 indicating 7 patients need to be treated for 1 patient to report benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A recent study found that these options often deliver clinically meaningful pain reduction as shown by the above number-needed-to-treat statistics. Which works in the long run though? Exercise. The researchers explained that the one intervention that showed sustained benefit after the study’s intervention time period ended was exercise. (2) We share this to foster the practice of exercise for all our Groton back pain (and neck pain) patients. Since this is an article focused about women with low back pain, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office encourages our older female patients to exercise. It’s central to the chiropractic treatment plan that involves simple exercises as the beginning point!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Francis Bigas Morales on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes treatment of lumbago suffered by a patient and the treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment now. We specially care for our female patients with back pain! We will do our part in creating an personalized treatment plan and exercise program to support you in doing your part with exercise for best back pain relief!
