Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC 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 renders non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A newer review of research provided evidence of 121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is valuable 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 elevated erector spinae activity during hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and irregular movement of the lumbar spine to compensate for the weak muscles. (2) Researchers have specifically 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 sufferers. (3) Further, they also noted significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Restricted lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited hamstring range of motion, and decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to a higher risk of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test called Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test measures lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Performing this test daily isn’t such a bad idea either! It may well improve all of these problems! Start doing them after we examine you.)
HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC uses a multi-pronged 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 belt may be proposed. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated 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 kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain, suggesting they may be beneficial in sit-to-stand motion that is vital 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.
Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause as well as its relief.
