Glute Strengthening Plus Chiropractic Eases Back Pain
Patient to the chiropractor: “Treat me so I don’t hurt.”
Chiropractor: “Be sure to do your exercises, so you won’t hurt.”
Chiropractors like your La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC ponder how to get back pain patients to do suggested exercises. After all, these exercises help back pain sufferers get stronger plus decrease and prevent back pain! The back muscles and gluteus muscles and hamstrings get stronger. Patients speculate why the chiropractor recommends exercises since all they desired was for the chiropractor to fix the back pain problem. What a dilemma! Both the La Grande chiropractor and La Grande chiropractic patient have the same goal - pain relief – but their beliefs, experiences and expectations are different. (1) That is how it is. Research shows this. Clinical experience shows this. When patients admit this and their chiropractors admit this, everyone then does his/her part to relieve La Grande back pain, prevent future pain, and strengthen muscle. Let us do that!
EXERCISE GUIDELINES TO REDUCE AND PREVENT BACK PAIN AND NECK PAIN
Guidelines for what to do with back pain and neck pain are published. Exercise is in the mix of the recommendations for the non-invasive pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies for treating acute and chronic low back pain and neck pain both devoid of serious pathology and with radiculopathy. Spinal manipulation and manual therapy are also in these guidelines by the Global Spine Care Initiative. (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC carefully considers these in caring for La Grande back pain.
BACK PAIN BENEFITS FROM STRONG GLUTEAL MUSCLES
Patients with low back pain are more apt to be less active. Pain shapes that decision. Low back pain patients fear that activity may initiate pain, resulting in weakened muscles like the gluteus maximus. Prolonged immobilization or sedentariness prevents use of these muscles. In low back pain patients, a weak gluteus maximus is a common finding. Researchers document that the gluteus maximus cross-sectional area is reduced in low back pain sufferers, especially in women. (3) For La Grande chiropractic back pain patients facing persistent lumbopelvic pain and test positive for sacroiliac joint dysfunction, performing gluteus maximus strengthening exercises is advantageous. Patients who did exercise found a reduction in pain and an improvement in gluteus maximum strength and function. (4) Performing both - exercise to strengthening the gluteus maximus muscles and lumbar segmental stabilization exercise – reduced low back pain disability significantly more and improved lumbar spine muscle strength and balance better than just lumbar segmental stabilization exercise by itself. (5) To stimulate the gluteus maximus muscles, erector spinae and hamstrings more intentionally during exercise, researchers devised a unique laser pointer system that permitted the exercise participants to see their muscle usage. This enhanced their form. (6) Let your La Grande chiropractor be your laser pointer! Listen to advised tips for how to exercise the right way.
CONTACT Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment to arrange a treatment plan that encompasses your La Grande chiropractor treating and your exercising to build up muscles. When the La Grande chiropractor and the La Grande chiropractic patient both “get” each other, La Grande back pain is history!
