Manahawkin Back and Neck Pain due to Things like Sitting or Doing Computer Work
Sitting for a long time. Working on a computer for a long time. Flexing over a project for too long. Many positional issues may start back pain or neck pain. Spine researchers discuss flexion relaxation ratios (FRR) and flexion relaxation phenomena (FRP) that occur with such back and neck irritations. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is ready to help reduce Manahawkin neck pain and back pain with our chiropractic services as well as help troubleshoot ways to prevent irritation when doing movements you have to do often or motions you want to do on occasion but know they are going to hurt your back or neck.
LUMBAR SPINE and LOW BACK PAIN: Sitting
The curiosity of spinal pain researchers produces some research-provoking issues like does sitting for an hour bring about pain in patients who have had back pain before (but do not have back pain presently) versus those without. They didn’t find a difference in the flexion relaxation ratio (FRR) they measured but think that may be because an hour wasn’t long enough to trigger pain in the history-of-back-pain patients. (1) Hum? A decrease of the paraspinal muscle activity at maximum flexion shows the related flexion relaxation phenomenon (FRP). An analysis of 48 published studies on this topic noted that nonspecific low back pain patients’ FRP was altered. Compared to asymptomatic patients, this difference was significant. (2) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center examines these types of issues in our Manahawkin back pain patients and neck pain patients.
CERVICAL SPINE and NECK PAIN
FRP and FRR can be measured in neck pain patients, too. In comparison to the lumbar spine’s FRP and FFR, differences in the reaction of cervical spine muscles were noted in patients with pain versus volunteers who don’t have pain. The cervical flexion relaxation phenomenon was noted in neck extensor muscles when in flexion. Persistent muscle contraction due to reduced flexion relaxation places vertebral structures at risk due to too much loading. 84% of healthy subjects showed FRP while only 36% of in-pain patients did. FRR was less in neck pain patientsas well. (3) Further, when contrasting computer workers with neck pain to those without neck pain to those who don’t do computer work, researchers deduced that computer use could raise the use of the semispinalis capitis during neck extension, making it a potential predictor of symptomatic neck musculoskeletal disorders as its initiation was seen in both types of computer users’ necks. (4) Such a finding is useful to healthcare providers like your chiropractor to test this muscle set on extension and counsel our patients on how to improve the cervical extensor muscles.
RELIEF FOR NECK AND BACK PAIN
Cox® Technic is gentle, relieving Manahawkin chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain. Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Sean Delahunt on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with neck pain.
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Schedule your next Manahawkin chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. For relief of spine pain due to positional activities, our treatment plan decreases the pain and offers tips on how to decrease the risk of pain while doing what you must and what you want to do.
