Glute Strengthening Plus Chiropractic Eases Back Pain
Patient to the chiropractor: “Treat me so I don’t hurt.”
Chiropractor: “Be sure to do your exercises, so you won’t hurt.”
Chiropractors like your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn wonder how to get back pain patients to do suggested exercises. After all, these exercises help back pain sufferers get stronger in addition to reduce and prevent back pain! The back muscles and gluteus muscles and hamstrings get stronger. Patients wonder why the chiropractor recommends exercises since all they wanted was for the chiropractor to correct the back pain problem. What a quandary! Both the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor and Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patient have the same goal - pain relief – but their beliefs, experiences and expectations vary. (1) That is how it is. Research documents this. Clinical experience reveals this. When patients admit this and their chiropractors admit this, everyone then works together to relieve Ashburn and Herndon back pain, prevent future pain, and strengthen muscle. Let’s do that!
EXERCISE GUIDELINES TO REDUCE AND PREVENT BACK PAIN AND NECK PAIN
Guidelines for how to handle back pain and neck pain are published. Exercise is amid the recommendations for the non-invasive pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies to treat acute and chronic low back pain and neck pain both without serious pathology and with radiculopathy. Spinal manipulation and manual therapy are also among these guidelines by the Global Spine Care Initiative. (2) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn carefully considers these in caring for Ashburn and Herndon back pain.
BACK PAIN BENEFITS FROM STRONG GLUTEAL MUSCLES
Patients with low back pain tend to be less active. Pain affects that decision. Low back pain patients fear that activity may initiate pain, resulting in weakened muscles like the gluteus maximus. Prolonged immobilization or sedentariness prevents use of these muscles. In low back pain patients, a weak gluteus maximus is a common finding. Researchers document that the gluteus maximus cross-sectional area is decreased in low back pain sufferers, especially in women. (3) For Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic back pain patients facing unrelenting lumbopelvic pain and test positive for sacroiliac joint dysfunction, performing gluteus maximus strengthening exercises is advantageous. Patients who did exercise found a lessening in pain and an improvement in gluteus maximum strength and function. (4) Performing both - exercise to strengthening the gluteus maximus muscles and lumbar segmental stabilization exercise – reduced low back pain disability significantly more and increased lumbar spine muscle strength and balance better than just lumbar segmental stabilization exercise alone. (5) To stimulate the gluteus maximus muscles, erector spinae and hamstrings more intentionally during exercise, researchers came up with a unique laser pointer system that allowed the exercise participants to visualize their muscle usage. This enhanced their form. (6) Let your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor be your laser pointer! Listen to suggested tips for how to exercise the right way.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment to arrange a treatment plan that includes your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor treating as well as your exercising to build up muscles. When the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor and the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patient both “get” each other, Ashburn and Herndon back pain is history!
