May 2024 Healthy News from Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Exercise and Relieving Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
OUR ‘THING’ – Relieving Care for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Back Pain
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a degenerative spinal condition affecting many older adults. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a huge problem for a lot of people – 103 million globally – and 11% of older US adults which increases with age. (1) LSS comes and goes and may get worse over time. Standing and walking may exacerbate it while sitting and bending forward usually improve it. (3) Typical medical suggestions are to adapt activity, analgesia, physical therapy, and even epidural steroid injections whose long-term benefits are questionable. (2) Non-medical suggestions are reported as effective, especially a mixed approach of manual therapy and exercise for older patients experiencing lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication that was described as effective while epidural steroids were not. (3) A new study highlighted the desire of chiropractors to collaborate with healthcare professionals to enhance integrated, coordinated patient centered healthcare for older adults, the number of whom is growing quickly. (4) We chiropractors offer multiple non-drug, non-surgical methods via personalized treatment plans – spinal manipulation and mobilization (with Cox® Technic), nutrition, exercise, bracing, etc. - to alleviate spine-related pain like back pain due to LSS. Relieving spine pain is our ‘thing’!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment protocols to successfully manage lumbar spinal stenosis.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Do Your ‘Thing’: Exercise for LSS
Of three non-surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis – medical care, group exercise, and manual therapy/individualized exercise – manual therapy/individualized exercise produced greater short-term symptom and physical function improvement as well as improved walking capacity. (5) That is our approach! We use the gentle Cox® Technic manual therapy with exercise. A recent analysis of exercise for lumbar spinal stenosis and related neurogenic claudication revealed that most exercise recommendations included supervised, lumbar flexion, and aerobic fitness exercises (like cycling in a flexed posture) while stretches, strengthening exercises, and psychologically informed approaches were part of the most effective treatment plans. (6) If lumbar spinal stenosis is your ‘thing,’ exercise will most likely be your ‘thing,’ too! We determine together which ones are best for you.
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