New Roads Chiropractic Center Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your New Roads chiropractor at New Roads Chiropractic Center knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and specific ways to help control and ease its pain with chiropractic care.

NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS

What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research documented  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to differentiate non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is key for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Contributing issues to non-specific low back pain included: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how reduced hamstring flexibility may add to low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when evaluating low back pain sufferers. (3) Further, they also noticed significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited hamstring range of motion, and decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to greater odds of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Performing this test daily isn’t such a bad idea either! It may well improve all of these issues! Try them out after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

New Roads Chiropractic Center uses a multi-faceted approach to helping NSLBP patients with their movement. The gentle, non-radicular treatment protocols of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression are intended to provoke and reestablish normal ranges of spinal motion.  (7) A lumbar support belt may be suggested. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. Interesting! In a new study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients demonstrated that two types of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain, suggesting they may be useful in sit-to-stand motion that is essential in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to strengthen the extensor muscles and spinal nutrition supplements may also be advised to support your effort to ease and control your non-specific low back pain.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.       

Make your next New Roads chiropractic appointment with New Roads Chiropractic Center. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause as well as its relief.