Exercise to Strengthen Muscle in Women Helps with Vancouver Back Pain Relief
Low back pain in older women demands some attention. Researchers and chiropractic back pain specialists like your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers provide that attention! Women who experience back pain are a special subset of our chiropractic practice with whom we love to work!
OLDER WOMEN AND Vancouver BACK PAIN
A recent report shared that low back pain among older women is linked to abdominal truck muscle weakness. The women included in this study also experienced reduced mobility function. Even their knee extensor muscle strength was weak. What links these concerns together? Muscle. Researchers described that muscle weakness clearly linked low back pain, malnutrition, and decreased mobility function in older women. The good news was emphasized that exercise improved these issues. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers sees over and over the benefit of exercise for our Vancouver back pain patients.
EXERCISE AND BACK PAIN RELIEF
Vancouver chiropractic patients with back pain want pain relief. That is the goal of care. Our patients frequently see other healthcare providers who recommend options like oral NSAIDs (number needed to treat (NNT) is 7 indicating 7 patients need to be treated for 1 patient to report benefit) and SNRIs like duloxetine (NNT: 10) and exercise (NNT: 7). A recent study found that these options often deliver clinically meaningful pain reduction as shown by the above number-needed-to-treat stats. Which works in the long run though? Exercise. The researchers wrote that the only intervention that demonstrated sustained benefit after the study’s intervention time period came to an end was exercise. (2) We present this to encourage exercise for all our Vancouver back pain (and neck pain) patients. For purposes of this article about women with low back pain, Vancouver Disc Centers urges our older women patients to exercise. It is central to the chiropractic treatment plan that incorporates simple exercises as the beginning point!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Francis Bigas Morales on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares treatment of a patient with lumbago and the treatment plan for pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Vancouver chiropractic appointment now. We are here to take particular care of our female patients who experience back pain! We’ll do our part in designing an personalized treatment plan and exercise program to support you in doing your part with exercise for desired back pain relief!
