Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with La Grande Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women requires some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC provide that attention! Women who experience back pain are a special group of our chiropractic practice with whom we love to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND La Grande BACK PAIN
A recent report shared that low back pain in older women stems from abdominal truck muscle weakness. The women described in this study also experienced reduced mobility function. Even their knee extensor muscle strength was weak. What ties these issues together? Muscle. Researchers described that muscle weakness clearly tied low back pain, malnutrition, and reduced mobility function in older women. The good news was emphasized that exercise improved these factors. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC witnesses over and over the benefit of exercise for our La Grande back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
La Grande chiropractic patients with back pain want pain relief. That’s the objective of care. Our patients often try other healthcare options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 meaning sever patients need to be treated for one patient to report benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A new study reported that these options often deliver clinically meaningful pain decrease as demonstrated by the above number-needed-to-treat stats. Which works in the long run though? Exercise. The researchers wrote that the single intervention that showed sustained benefit after the study’s intervention time period ended was exercise. (2) We share this to encourage exercise for all our La Grande back pain (and neck pain) patients. Since this is an article focused about women with low back pain, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC urges our older female patients to exercise. It is part of the chiropractic treatment plan that incorporates simple exercises as the starting point!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Francis Bigas Morales on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares treatment of a patient with lumbago and her treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your La Grande chiropractic appointment now. We are here to take particular care of our female patients with back pain! We’ll do our part in creating an personalized treatment plan and exercise guide to encourage you to do your part with exercise for best back pain relief!
