Back Pain Changes La Grande Spinal Movement

Name: Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Address: USA

Ask any La Grande 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. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows back pain alters movements. Researchers keep studying just how and how much it alters movement. With chiropractic care, your La Grande chiropractor is focused on helping you get back the simplicity of movement you had before you had back pain.

SPINAL MOVEMENT ALTERED BY BACK PAIN

Back pain patients move differently. They often change the way they move to avoid pain. They’ll walk differently. They bend differently. Their spinal kinematics – motions – are unusual. 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 brought on by low back pain was statistically significant. (1) Another study found that the type of spinal disorder a patient impacted the biomechanics of the sit-to-stand movement. Patients with spinal deformity-related back pain demonstrated greater differences in a variety of biomechanical motions (like hip, spine, and knee torque) compared to patients with non-specific low back pain. (2) Figuring out just how much spinal kinematics are impacted by back pain is the job your La Grande chiropractor enjoys most.

TESTING SPINAL MOVEMENT

When healthcare providers like your La Grande chiropractor examine new low back pain patients, tests like sit-to-stand that assess 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 Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is thorough to document just how much low back pain is impeding your daily activities in order to return you to your activities of daily living with the least possible difficulty.

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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.

Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. When back pain has affected the way you move, walk, even think about moving, etc., make a visit to Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for not only back pain relief but also a return to more normal kinematic motion.