Layden Chiropractic Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

Non-specific low back pain. Really? Who wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific”? Well, your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic knows some specific features of back pain like yours and specific ways to help contain and ease 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 high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension as well as weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may impact low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also recorded significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited hamstring range of motion, and decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to greater odds of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test known as Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Performing this test on a daily basis is not such a bad idea either! It may well enhance all of these problems! Start doing them after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

Layden Chiropractic 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 elicit and restore normal ranges of motion to the spine.  (7) A lumbar support brace may be proposed. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. Interesting! In a new 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 and thereby may be helpful 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 recommended to support your effort to ease 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 explains the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with chronic low back pain.       

Make your next Plainville chiropractic appointment with Layden Chiropractic. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause and its relief.