Back pain - nonspecific or chronic or subacute – can be
helped with exercise. Our Montreal back pain patients
know from day 1 that exercise
is within their ability. We show
how to do simple, effective ones that will help
you feel some control over your pain.
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is your Montreal exercise coach as well as your
spinal manipulation
chiropractor: 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 enhancing
spine stability. There are many exercise options obtainable
from core stabilization and strengthening to motor control exercises and muscle
strengthening. In a study of subacute nonspecific low back pain
sufferers, core stabilization exercises showed that they were
better than stabilization exercises in terms of 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, enhance
function, and boost core strength in nonspecific low back pain
patients. (2) Spine stabilization exercises and flexion exercises done24
daily both helped multifidus muscle
thickness in patients with chronic low back pain and spondylolisthesis. (3) Advice: Pick
one that you are most likely to do (after we discuss it!)! Your back pain will thank you.
EXERCISE FOR NON-SPECIFIC LOW BACK PAIN
Regardless of a diagnosis of non-specific low
back pain being frustrating (We all want to understand
what lies below our pain!), exercise offers hope of its
management. A new study reported that exercise
training in-person and via multimedia/video were good for
training back pain patients to properly do
the more complex motor control exercises. (4) Core exercises with the
addition of hip muscle strengthening effectively improved
physical activity and function for nonspecific low back pain patients. (5) Montreal
back pain patients desiring some pain relief are urged
to do exercises as part of their
overall chiropractic treatment plan.
EXERCISE WITH SPINAL MANIPULATION
Combining efforts offers even
more 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 rehab exercise
(in this case: bird dog and core stabilization) found relief and improvement.
(6) In caring for back pain in patients who have already had
back surgery (laminectomy, fusion, discectomy) like the above patient did, clinicians using 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 delivered spinal manipulation with 85% of
patients who experienced persistent back pain after spine surgery. (7) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic thoroughly
examines and determines the gentlest treatment technique for
you.
CONTACT Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he shares 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 eases back pain.
Make your Montreal chiropractic
appointment today. No matter the back pain source
or condition, bring it to Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. We will find a way
forward together!