Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients visit Amelia Chiropractic Clinic with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor understands this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that measures the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite educational about cardiovascular and musculoskeletal 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) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons don’t like this as a poorer surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors get this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to avert recurrent back pain that some lumbar disc degeneration sufferers experience. A recent study explained that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were found to move in a different way, more causiously, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a lower quality of life. (3) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor embraces all back pain sufferers with all their peculiarities. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional features), so it doesn’t control them.