Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Tonawanda chiropractor understands this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together an alleviating chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that gauges the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite educational about musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be triggered by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons don’t like this as a poorer surgical outcome is possible.) (2) Chiropractors understand this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that a few lumbar disc degeneration sufferers experience. A recent study described that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were shown to move differently, more carefully, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a lower quality of life. (3) Your Tonawanda chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor partners with each one during the current back pain episode and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional features), so it does not control them.