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Manahawkin Chiropractic Center Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your Manahawkin chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research detailed  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic people. (1) That information is key for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Contributing issues to non-specific low back pain included: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension as well as weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have purposely investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may contribute to low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noted significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited range of motion of the hamstring muscle, and reduced lumbar lordosis were linked to an increased 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) (It’s not a bad exercise to do regularly either to enhance all of these issues! Start doing them after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

Manahawkin Chiropractic Center 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 designed to provoke and restore normal ranges of spinal motion.  (7) A lumbar support brace may be suggested. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the author. Interesting! In a recent study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed that two kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a beneficial effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain, suggesting they may be useful in sit-to-stand motion that is important 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 get rid of 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 shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.       

Make your next Manahawkin chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause and its relief. 

 
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center describes the specific characteristics and treatment of non-specific low back pain.  
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