Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can benefit from exercise. Our West Des Moines back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We show
how to do simple, effective ones that will help
you feel some control over your situation.
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is your West Des Moines exercise coach as well as your
chiropractor who delivers spinal manipulation: the best of both realms!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients get results with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and increasing
spine stability. There is a variety of exercise options available
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In one study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises showed that they were
better than stabilization exercises in terms of proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, decreasing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study stated
core stabilization exercise to decrease pain, enhance
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises performed24
daily equally benefited multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you are most likely to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will thank you.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Despite a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to understand
what lies below our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A recent study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to properly do
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises along with hip muscle strengthening effectively improved
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) West Des Moines
back pain patients seeking some pain relief are encouraged
to do exercises as part of their
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes even
more hope for back pain patients regardless of diagnosis.
One case report of a 24-year-old patient with a recurrent disc herniation and
pain after back surgery laminectomy shared that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehabilitative exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) got relief and recovery.
(6) Managing back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the patient described
above did, clinicians receiving spinal
manipulation are inclined to using gentler non-manual-thrust
spinal manipulation while chiropractors tended to use
manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was used less than a
year after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare
providers utilized spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa carefully
examines and decides the gentlest treatment technique for
your spine.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he shares how the many spine care choices may
be a bit much to find your way through as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that alleviates back pain.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic
appointment now. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. We will find a path
forward together!