Amelia Chiropractic Clinic 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractor at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and particular ways to help contain and alleviate its pain with chiropractic care.

NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS

What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A newer review of research detailed  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to differentiate non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic people. (1) That information is critical for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Researchers listed these issues as being contributory to non-specific low back pain: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and elevated erector spinae activity during hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely explored how decreased hamstring flexibility may contribute to low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when evaluating low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noticed significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited hamstring range of motion, and reduced lumbar lordosis were associated with an increased risk of acquiring 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) (Doing this test daily is not such a bad idea either! It may well improve all of these problems! Try them out after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

Amelia Chiropractic Clinic 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 motion to the spine.  (7) A lumbar support belt may be recommended. The use of a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed 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 beneficial 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 get rid of 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 describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with chronic low back pain.       

Schedule your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s origin and its relief.