Back Pain Changes Tonawanda Spinal Movement

Ask any Tonawanda back pain sufferer, and s/he will agree: back pain alters movement. Sitting down takes more time. Standing up is slower. Bending over requires some thought…or triggers total avoidance. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation knows back pain alters motions. Researchers keep studying just how and how much it changes motion. With chiropractic care, your Tonawanda chiropractor aims to help you get back the simplicity of movement you had before you experienced back pain.

SPINAL MOVEMENT ALTERED BY BACK PAIN

Back pain patients move differently. They often alter the way they move to prevent pain. They’ll walk differently. They turn around differently. Their spinal kinematics – motions – are unusual. A recent study analyzed over 800 papers on the subject of altered kinematics. The authors concluded that the limitation of lumbar spinal mobility in all planes caused by low back pain was statistically significant. (1) Another study concluded that the type of spinal disorder a patient impacted the biomechanics of the sit-to-stand movement. Patients with spinal deformity-related back pain demonstrated greater differences in an array of biomechanical motions (like hip, spine, and knee torque) weighed against patients with non-specific low back pain. (2) Determining just how much spinal kinematics are affected by back pain is the job your Tonawanda chiropractor relishes most.

TESTING SPINAL MOVEMENT

When healthcare professional like your Tonawanda chiropractor examine new low back pain patients, tests like sit-to-stand that check our new patients’ ability to perform motions that daily activities demand are valuable. Patients with low back pain exhibit considerably altered kinematics, motions, of the spine. (3) Patients with low back pain demonstrated motion changes in the lumbar spine, hip and trunk. (4) Chronic non-specific low back pain sufferers exhibited altered motor adaptability while doing various repetitive functional tasks like flexion, extension, lifting, walking, sit-to-stand-to-sit motions. (5) The chiropractic spinal examination at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is systematic to document the extent to which low back pain is affecting your daily activities with a goal to get you back to doing them again with the least possible difficulty.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Matt Alexander on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for two patients with spinal stenosis, a condition suffered by a lot of people that tends to affect motion.

Make your next Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. When back pain has altered the way you move, walk, even think about moving, etc., come to Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation for not only back pain relief but also a return to more natural kinematic motion.