Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

Non-specific low back pain. Really? No one wants to hear their back pain is “non-specific.” Well, your Montreal chiropractor at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic knows some specific features of back pain like yours and particular ways to help contain and alleviate its pain with chiropractic care.

NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS

What makes non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research detailed  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is key for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Researchers listed these issues as being contributory to non-specific low back pain: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and elevated erector spinae activity during hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have specifically explored how decreased hamstring flexibility may impact low back pain development by way of 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noticed significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited range of motion of the hamstring muscle, and decreased lumbar lordosis were associated with an increased risk of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test known as Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test measures lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (It is not a bad exercise to do regularly either to improve all of these problems! Add them to your routine after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic uses a multi-pronged approach to helping NSLBP patients with their movement. The gentle, non-radicular treatment protocols of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression are intended to provoke and reestablish normal ranges of spinal motion.  (7) A lumbar support brace may be suggested. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the source. Interesting! In a new study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients showed that two kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain, suggesting they may be beneficial in sit-to-stand motion that is vital in everyday living for nonspecific low back pain patients. (8) Exercises to strengthen the extensor muscles and spinal nutrition supplements may also be recommended to support your effort to ease and control your non-specific low back pain.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with chronic low back pain.       

Make your next Montreal chiropractic appointment with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause as well as its relief.