Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients visit Johnson Chiropractic with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have stronger muscles than others. Some are more susceptible to depression than others. Your Richmond chiropractor knows this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and examines each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when designing an alleviating chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that measures 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 do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is possible.) (2) Chiropractors get this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to avert recurrent back pain that some 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 suffered with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a reduced quality of life. (3) Your Richmond chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor partners with each one throughout the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional features), so it does not control them.