Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients visit Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office with all different types issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Groton chiropractor knows this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together an alleviating chiropractic treatment plan. Tests like the 6-minute walk test that gauges the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite educational about cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be triggered by back pain. (1) Back muscles that weaken and turn fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors get this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to avert recurrent back pain that a few lumbar disc degeneration sufferers experience. A new study explained that those who tend to experience recurrent back pain were found to move in a different way, more guardedly, likely to evade pain. Recurrent back pain patients also suffered with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a reduced quality of life. (3) Your Groton chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor partners with each one during the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (emotional, physical and mental aspects), so it doesn’t control them.