Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Ashburn back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We show
how to do easy, effective ones that will allow you some control over your pain.
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is your Ashburn exercise coach as well as your
spinal manipulation
chiropractor: the best of both realms!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients do well with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and enhancing
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, decreasing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study reported
core stabilization exercise to decrease pain, enhance
function, and increase core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily equally helped multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you like 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 know what causes our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A new study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to correctly 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) Ashburn
back pain patients seeking some pain relief are encouraged
to do exercises as part of an
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes additional 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 shared that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehabilitative exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) found relief and recovery.
(6) In caring for back pain in patients who have undergone
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 applied 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 had persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn carefully
examines and determines the gentlest treatment technique for
your spine.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes how the many spine care options may
be a bit much to find your way through as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that alleviates back pain.
Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic
appointment now. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. We will find a path
forward together!