Fernandina Beach Back Pain Linked with Sarcopenia and Back Muscle Degeneration
Sarcopenia finds many of us one day if we live long so long! Muscle degeneration accompanies aging. Many of us will not avoid it. It is the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and strength which goes with aging. But back pain severity is more related to back muscle degeneration than sarcopenia. The more back muscle degeneration, the more back pain is sufferered. (1) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic takes care of older Fernandina Beach back pain patients to cope with their back pain and control its effect on their lives as they age gracefully.
MUSCLE DEGENERATION AND LIFE EXPERIENCE
Aging and life influence muscle strength. A recent report states that after experiencing back surgery, post-surgical back pain patients’ MRIs showed muscle degeneration in all patients. Type 2 fatty degeneration was most frequently seen over other types of changes like inflammation and scarring. (2) Muscle degeneration plays a role in patients’ experiences of back pain.
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BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE DEGENERATION IN OLDER FOLKS
Chronic changes in back muscles are seen throughout the spine in the long run. Acute changes immediately after injury are seen within a few days. Researchers wanted to know if these changes came before or after the injury. They found that the multifidus muscle decreased quickly after lumbar injury at the level of injury. (3) In a recent study of patients over 65 years old, 40% of chronic low back pain patients experienced sarcopenia. 26.6% of the control group (those who did not have chronic low back pain) had sarcopenia. The skeletal muscle mass was much lower and body fat ratio was much bigger in the chronic low back pain group. Lumbar multifidis and erector spine muscles were much lower in the chronic low back pain group, too. (4) Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients with sarcopenia experience back pain and other issues that chiropractic tackles.
SARCOPENIA PAIN AND OTHER ISSUES’ EFFECTS
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic has males and females with sarcopenia and other conditions in its Fernandina Beach chiropractic practice. Sarcopenia in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis was much more prevalent in females than males over 70 years old. In one study, 13.9% of patients were affected by sarcopenia which was accompanied by dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease. They also had lower body weight, body mass, grip strength, and walking distance. These patients felt pain more acutely. (5) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor understands this and gently handles their experience of pain and its source with gentle chiropractic treatment and exercise.
CONTACT Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule a Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic for back pain issues related to sarcopenia and degenerated back muscles. Aging, back pain and degeneration do not have to prevent you from enjoying your life!
