Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office Knows Well the Spine and Its Connections
Nerves. Discs. Muscles. What connects them all? The spine! And back pain is a complex condition typically including all these components. Your Groton chiropractor at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office values every one of these spinal elements. Your Groton chiropractor respects each of these spinal parts. Your Groton chiropractor reduces Groton back pain and neck pain related to these spinal elements with gentle chiropractic services and Cox® Technic at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office.
THE SPINE
The spine is the body’s support system. The spine links everything! The spine’s bones – called vertebrae – link ligaments, muscles and discs to make up this support system. 25 intervertebral discs separate the usual 33 vertebrae. Three parts make up each disc – the gel-like, water/collagen-composed nucleus pulposus contained and held in place by the collagenous annulus fibrosus and two endplates on top and bottom that protect and permit nutrients into the nucleus. The disc gives the spine its flexibility and strength. (1) Seemingly off-topic but really not as these findings show just how linked the spine is, more articles emerge about the importance of diaphragm training for muscle relaxation like the hamstring muscles. In a new study, this training is shown to grow the thickness of lumbar spine stabilizing muscles, transverse abdominis and lumbar multifidus muscles. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is amazed by what diaphragm-focused treatment does for such muscles. It all reflects on how complexly the spine is designed and connected! Fascinating! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office likes working Groton chiropractic patients’ spines every day!
NERVES
Spinal nerves intertwine their ways in the spine, gathering and dispersing impulses from head to toe. The superior gluteal nerve makes its ways through the lower pelvis by the L4, L5 and S1 nerve roots in the sacral plexus. It innervates the gluteus medius, gluteus minimum and tensor fasciae latae muscles. If damaged, it usually causes an obviously different walking and standing gait because of the gluteus medius muscle paralysis it causes. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office back pain patients know how touchy these spinal nerves are and so does Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office.
MUSCLES
The spine relies on muscles to keep it together. The psoas muscle runs along both sides of the spinal vertebral column down to the pelvis. It is deep and comes off the lumbar vertebrae, L1-L4, adjoining much more - the less trochanter of the femur, iliopsoas muscle, psoas major muscle, inconsistent psoas minor muscle, iliac fascia, iliacus muscle, and inguinal ligament – affecting postural function and influencing mood and stress disorders as a cause of low back pain. (4) The quadratus lumborum muscle is key to stability. Its deep, posterior, lateral and interior location around the spine often brings into question its contributing role in back pain. It is an essential part of the thoracolumbar fascia muscle system as it surrounds the iliac crest, the transverse processes of lumbar spine’s vertebrae and 12th rib. (5) The external oblique muscle is key to balance, preserving the center of gravity, and stability. Notably, in a research study of women with chronic low back pain, stability exercises and balance exercises involving the external oblique muscle increased erector spinae muscle activity and reduced pain and disability. (6) That is why Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office customarily suggests exercise to Groton back pain patients as part of the chiropractic treatment plan. Do not worry! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office ensures these are simple and helpful for you!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lonny Skjervheim on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about chiropractic care of low back pain with leg pain together using Cox® Technic spinal manipulation.
