Tonawanda Chiropractic Treatment of Back Pain and Related Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles
Undoubtedly, our Tonawanda chronic back pain sufferers have heard about related paraspinal (multifidus, psoas, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae) muscle fatty infiltrate. They are all linked together: fatty muscle infiltration, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, facet joint degeneration, back pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation addresses all of them, too, to lessen back pain, strengthen the spine, and improve your quality of life.
WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the tissue of the muscles located near the spine, the paraspinal muscles. This condition may be caused by aging or genetics while it can also be activated by lifestyle issues like poor nutrition or little to no exercise. This condition does not always produce symptoms, but if it does, they can involve low back pain and related stiffness in the lower back and legs or difficulty walking because of gait disturbances. Intervertebral disc degeneration is a well-known culprit of chronic back pain, disc inflammation, and even spinal stability. Strong, effective paraspinal muscles assist spinal stability. With back pain comes fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles that interfere with stability. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation tests for these issues carefully during the chiropractic exam with an appreciation for the possible connection.
THE BACK PAIN AND WEAK PARASPINAL MUSCLE CONNECTION
A recent study summarized that disc degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were strongly associated, facet joint degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were weakly associated, and facet joint degeneration and disc degeneration were strongly correlated. The authors noted that the amount of paraspinal muscle weakness rose with level of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration while fatty infiltration of the multifidus paraspinal muscle was susceptible to weight. (2) Further, the published literature on the extent to which low back pain and fatty infiltration of multifidus and other paraspinal muscles (erector spinae, psoas, quadratus lumborum) influenced each other was somewhat contradictory – which comes first (pain or fatty infiltrate), can fatty infiltrate be reversed, is one predictive of the other (back pain that there is fatty infiltrate or fatty infiltrate that points to imminent back pain)? (3) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation keeps abreast of published research and encourages our back pain patients to improve the muscles that they can so that they can support the spine in healing and preventing future episodes of pain as best as possible.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE OF BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE WEAKNESS
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation realizes that low back pain patients do not just have pain; they also get to experience muscle quality loss due to increased fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles. Just how much loss is highly correlated with the severity of the back pain and related dysfunction. (4) That is the reason that exercise is so important alongside treatment of back pain for pain relief and prevention. Implementing The Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as other chiropractic services, nutrition and exercise, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is here to help! While researchers are still analyzing whether fatty infiltration is reversible, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation sees the effort to tone and improve strength a worthy effort.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the many options open to back pain sufferers regarding healthcare providers and highlights the benefit of seeking a chiropractor trained in the protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Make your Tonawanda chiropractic visit to address your back pain and weakened paraspinal muscles. Relief and an enhanced quality of life are ahead for you!
