Exercise for Ashburn Back Pain Linked to the Iliopsoas Muscle

Ever think of your body in two parts: the upper and lower? An interesting part – the iliopsoas muscle group – connects the spine with the lower extremities. Anatomy is quite cool! Everything is connected…and also impacted when there’s pain. Your Ashburn chiropractor is well aware of the anatomy of back pain and all the affected, connected parts. The chiropractic services at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn combine to help you control the pain so that you can return to your daily activities.

THE ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE

Can you locate your iliopsoas muscle? Know its function? If you suffer with back pain, you may. The iliopsoas is really a deep muscle group made up of the psoas major, psoas minor, and iliacus muscles. The iliopsoas muscle group connects the spine to the lower extremities. Its pain may appear to come from the hip which makes it difficult to determine whether it is the source of pain or not, but your Ashburn chiropractor has a few special tests to see what’s what! Being the main hip flexor, a well-functioning iliopsoas is important. If it is tight or painful or hurt, treatments and exercises may help. (1) Your chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn can help determine the involvement of the iliopsoas and establish a treatment plan to treat it and its affiliated pain, like Ashburn back pain.

THE ILIOPSOAS AND BACK PAIN

When dealing with back pain, sufferers are often willing to try most anything to help! Chiropractic care helps, especially the gentle Cox® Technic form of spinal manipulation which is a piece of a larger system of spinal pain management that integrates nutrition and exercise, too. An extensively used exercise routine is the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) system. Chronic low back pain has been documented to benefit from it. A meta-analysis of 12 studies and 410 participants uncovered that PNF was more beneficial in relieving pain and enhancing waist function. It was also found to help pulmonary function! (2) Remember how everything is connected and the iliopsoas links the spine with the lower extremities? One mechanical factor that back pain sufferers share is often altered pelvic tilting. A tight iliopsoas muscle is often the culprit for which PNF is beneficial. Compared to another popular stretching technique, muscle energy technique, PNF showed itself superior though both were remarkably effective for loosening the tight iliopsoas. (3) If the iliopsoas is involved, we can review an exercise to help the situation at your next appointment.

CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr.  Nike Taylor on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the treatment of chronic back pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic appointment today. If we discover that the iliopsoas is contributing to your back pain issue, we’ll connect and manage it!