Back Pain Changes West Des Moines Spinal Movement

Ask any West Des Moines back pain sufferer, and s/he will agree: back pain alters movement. Sitting down takes more time. Standing up is slower. Bending over takes lots of thought…or causes total avoidance. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows back pain alters motions. Researchers continue to study just how and how much it alters motion. With chiropractic care, your West Des Moines chiropractor aims to help you get back the ease of movement you had before you experienced back pain.

SPINAL MOVEMENT ALTERED BY BACK PAIN

Patients with low back pain move differently. They often alter the way they move to avoid pain. You will see them walk differently. They turn around differently. Their spinal kinematics – motions – are different. A recent study reviewed over 800 papers on this topic of altered kinematics. The authors concluded that the limitation of lumbar spinal mobility in all planes caused by low back pain was statistically significant. (1) Another study found that the type of spinal disorder a patient affected the biomechanics of the sit-to-stand movement. Patients with spinal deformity-related back pain showed greater differences in a variety of biomechanical motions (like hip, spine, and knee torque) weighed against patients with non-specific low back pain. (2) Figuring out just how much spinal kinematics are affected by back pain is the job your West Des Moines chiropractor relishes most.

TESTING SPINAL MOVEMENT

When healthcare providers like your West Des Moines chiropractor analyze new low back pain patients, tests like sit-to-stand that check our new patients’ ability to perform motions that daily activities demand are valuable. Patients with low back pain show considerably altered kinematics, motions, of the spine. (3) Patients with low back pain showed motion changes in the lumbar spine, hip and trunk. (4) Chronic non-specific low back pain sufferers showed altered motor adaptability while doing a variety of repetitive functional tasks like flexion, extension, lifting, walking, sit-to-stand-to-sit motions. (5) The chiropractic spinal examination at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is thorough to record just how much low back pain is impacting your daily activities with a goal to get you back to doing them again with the least possible trouble.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Matt Alexander 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 two patients with spinal stenosis, a condition shared by many people that tends to affect motion.

Make your next West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. When back pain has altered the way you move, walk, even think about moving, etc., come to Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for not only back pain relief but also a return to more normal kinematic motion.