Ashburn and Herndon Stability is Critical for Back Painand for Coping Today

Just a short note on the current COVID-19. The CDC guidelines regarding how to cope are good. Take care of yourself, EXERCISE, eat healthy, breathe, connect, and hope. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn suggests the same…and adds see your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor for extra stabilization and balance!

 

From https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/coping.html

Now, let us look at exercise to not only stabilize YOU and your fellow Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients during times like these may triggering, but exercise to stabilize your spine while and following your Ashburn and Herndon back pain episodes.

STABILITY AND BALANCE AND BACK PAIN

Stability and balance go hand-in-hand. Stability refers to how balance is controlled. Inhibited balance control is linked with less stability. Balance or rather a disruption of balance or the sense of stability is often seen in or reported by musculoskeletal pain patients like those with back pain and neck pain. Therefore, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn observes each chiropractic patient carefully throughout their whole visit door to door. Observation is a helpful tool in the management of back pain and related leg pain, Ashburn and Herndon neck pain and any related arm pain. Researchers examined this topic of balance and its disruption, too. New studies reported on patients’ gait speed, their “timed up and go test” ability, step test and “sit-to-stand test.” Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn likes these tests. Some of our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients will be curious about what we’re examining when we ask them to sit in a chair and stand up from the chair and time them! We chiropractors are an inquisitive group! Tests like these tell your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor a lot about your spinal condition. Another analysis of similar studies found that manual therapy like spinal manipulation offered at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn enhanced short-term stability measures. (1) Be certain more studies like these are ongoing, and one specifically studying how Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction influences these tests and ultimately the balance and stability of back pain patients is in its first trial.

BALANCE AND FALLS

Many trials have already demonstrated that many chronic musculoskeletal pain patients suffer falls and have balance issues. That is a foremost problem for older patients with such musculoskeletal pain as they often also have stiffer, less coordinated gait, and poorer balance and muscle strength. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn urges our patients to exercise for balance and stability.

EXERCISE FOR STABILITY AND BALANCE

The lumbar spine multifidus muscle is a recognized and very vital stabilizer for the spine. Soccer players know this! Researchers studied their multifidus muscles throughout soccer season. At rest while lying down, these players’ multifidus muscle thickness decreased. Those players with low back pain exhibited significant change at rest. (2) Australian football players with low back pain were to have the same issue while standing and at rest. (3) Both studies saw that body composition and body fat and mass were associated with the lumbar multifidus muscle size. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn has some exercise recommendations for our Ashburn and Herndon back pain patients to boost their multifidus muscles and increase their sense of balance and stability. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is ready to give them to you at your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic visit!

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Marc Baker on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. The value of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for back pain and neck pain patients’ recovery is showcased.

Schedule your next Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn today. Let Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn play a role in your plan to sustain and increase your stability and balance during your back pain or neck pain episode…as well as throughout this odd time of coronavirus.