Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients visit Pure Chiropractic with all different types issues. Some walk better than others. Some have stronger muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Concord, NC chiropractor knows this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when designing a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that evaluates 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 influenced by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) indicate issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons don’t like this as a poorer 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 endure. A new study described that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were shown to move differently, more guardedly, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a reduced quality of life. (3) Your Concord, NC chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their peculiarities. Your chiropractor partners with each one throughout the current back pain episode and beyond to control the back pain (emotional, physical and mental features), so it does not control them.