Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Richmond back pain patients
know from day 1 that they can exercise safely and gently. We demonstrate
how to do easy, effective ones that will help
you feel some control over your pain.
Johnson Chiropractic is your Richmond exercise coach as well as your
chiropractor who delivers spinal manipulation: the best of both worlds!
EXERCISE EFFICACY FOR LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain patients do well with
therapeutic exercise in strengthening trunk muscles and increasing
spine stability. There are many exercise options available
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In one study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises proved
better than stabilization exercises regarding proprioception,
balance, muscle (transverse abdoiminis, lumbar multifidus) thickness, reducing
patients’ fear of movement, and functional disability. (1) Another study stated
core stabilization exercise to reduce pain, improve
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily equally increased multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Choose
one that you like to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will appreciate
it.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Regardless of a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to know what causes our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A recent study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to correctly do
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises along with hip muscle strengthening effectively improved
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) Richmond
back pain patients desiring some pain relief are urged
to perform exercises as part of their
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts proposes additional hope for back pain patients regardless of diagnosis.
One case report of a 24-year-old patient with a recurrent disc herniation and
pain after back surgery laminectomy shared that flexion
distraction spinal manipulation along with rehabilitative exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) got relief and improvement.
(6) Managing back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the above patient did, clinicians receiving spinal
manipulation tend toward using gentler non-manual-thrust
spinal manipulation while chiropractors tended to use
manual thrust. Spinal manipulation was used less than a
year after back surgery in 66% of cases in this study. Treating healthcare
providers utilized spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Johnson Chiropractic thoroughly
examines and determines the gentlest treatment technique for
your spine.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes how the many spine care options may
be overwhelming as well as the
benefit of the gentle care via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management that alleviates back pain.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic
appointment soon. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Johnson Chiropractic. We will find a path
forward together!