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April 2022 Healthy News from Manahawkin Chiropractic Center Words Describing Back Pain and Exercises to Strengthen the Multifidi Are Important

Your Manahawkin chiropractor listens to every word you use to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan.

 
WORDS DESCRIBING PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CHIROPRACTOR

“Why are you asking me all these questions, doctor?”

Our Manahawkin chiropractic patients are the core of our practice. We want to understand each you and your pain experience well, treat you well, and be sure you are satisfied with your care and outcome. That is why we have you to describe your pain to us, sometimes a few times and in a variety of different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort” to one may denote “pain” to another while “stiffness” means “pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It is true! Researchers studied just what these different words mean to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain signified sharp/shooting, discomfort was dull/tingling, stiffness was tight/restricted. (1) It is important for us to know our patient’s experience with pain to better reach expectations and boost satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being greatest pain) and reported multiple pain locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of 17). Those are very common of rationales patients seek chiropractic care! In this setting, because patients trusted their main physician, patients were satisfied with the collaboration amongst the various healthcare team members. Patients valued consistency in care from one caregiving chiropractor. (2) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center knows our patients appreciate - and can expect - these same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!

Your Manahawkin chiropractor listens to every word you use to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan. 

Manahawkin CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Standing Exercise for Multifidus Muscle Strengthening Works

Back pain. It is a simple description that may stem from a multitude of factors including the muscles of the spine, those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, deep, smaller muscles that run beside the spine from the cervical spine to the sacrum. These muscles aid movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted. (3) Lately, researchers proposed that the multifidi may be a potential source of back pain since they are found to be stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is linked to lumbodorsal musculature (which includes the multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus well enough which may prevent low back pain caused by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally beneficial to strengthen these multifidus muscles. (5) That is great news! Manahawkin back pain sufferers can do easy, standing exercises like this anywhere! The multifidus muscles benefit!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the benefit of improving muscle strength and function as part of back pain care following the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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Make your next Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles will be directed in proper exercise to lessen and potentially avert back pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center will ask you questions, and you are welcome to ask Manahawkin Chiropractic Center questions, too!

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