Tonawanda Back Pain, Spine Issues, and Hip Pain: Simple Tests & 3D Imaging
Back pain and hip pain and spine issues all come together at once for many chiropractic patients, bringing them into Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. We’re ready to help! Growing older presents some unique challenges for back, hip, and spine pain sufferers but also some unique positive effects today due to new approaches to keeping stability and coping with and easing pain. Your Tonawanda chiropractor keeps abreast of these novel approaches and is ready to help you!
SIMPLE TESTS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR SPINES
Older folks understand that with age comes ‘wisdom’…and its own set of distinctive peculiarities. Different aches and pains arise one morning or mid-afternoon or evening, requiring attention. For those Tonawanda back pain sufferers who are a little older, hip range of motion and strength may foretell how 12 months later a chronic low back pain patient may be performing. Researchers tested this out! Reduced hip strength and range of motion predicted a deterioration in function a year later. Hip osteoarthritis did not affect these outcomes. (1) Your chiropractor will perform a thorough examination and knows some simple tests of hip strength and range of motion – gait speed, 6-minute walk test, subjective questionnaires, even imaging as necessary - to rule out osteoarthritis.
3D IMAGING BENEFITS
Imaging has come a long way! Today, MRI images of the spine in 3D are now clinically possible. Their benefit is higher spatial resolution, reformation in any plane so the MRI process is faster, and interpretation is more precise. Neat! Another benefit, especially for back pain sufferers who have had prior back surgery with metal implants, etc., and now have pain again is that 3D imaging allows seeing around the metal. (2) Such views can help doctors see problems at adjacent spine levels.
A SPECIFIC SPINE ISSUE: PISA SYNDROME
Pain issues in one area of the spine can certainly affect other areas and even trigger more pain. A postural disorder some older back pain sufferers may experience is called Pisa Syndrome which is characterized by lateral flexion of the spine greater than 10 degrees which sets them up to falls, a lower quality of life, and increased risk of mortality in neurological diseases. Postural stability exercises are important for such patients, essential enough that they should do these forever to decrease fall risk. (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is all for stability!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to ease back pain after back surgery. Back pain specialists like your Tonawanda chiropractor are able to examine, diagnose, and treat post-surgical continued pain.
Set up your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today. Tonawanda chiropractic patients find camaraderie with each other when back pain, hip pain, and spine stability are involved as well as relief from their chiropractic care. We look forward to seeing you soon!
