Vancouver Disc Centers 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 Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers knows some specific characteristics of back pain like yours and specific ways to help control and alleviate its pain with chiropractic care.

NSLBP CHARACTERISTICS

What renders non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) so non-specific? A recent review of research provided evidence of  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic people. (1) That information is valuable for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Contributing issues to non-specific low back pain included: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and elevated erector spinae activity throughout hip extension in addition to weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and irregular movement of the lumbar spine to compensate for the weak muscles. (2) Researchers have specifically investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may impact low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when evaluating low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also noted significantly poorer back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lateral flexion of the lumbar spine, limited range of motion of the hamstring muscle, and decreased lumbar lordosis were linked to an increased risk of developing low back pain. (5) A simple, easy test known as Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test assesses lower extremity muscle strength, balance, function, and pain in chronic non-specific low back pain patients. (6) (Performing this test daily is not such a bad idea either! It may well enhance all of these issues! Try them out after we examine you.)

HELP FOR RESTRICTED MOVEMENT

Vancouver Disc Centers uses a multi-faceted approach to helping NSLBP patients with their movement. The gentle, non-radicular treatment protocols of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression are intended to elicit and reestablish normal ranges of spinal motion.  (7) A lumbar support belt may be recommended. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a complicated reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the study. 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 beneficial effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be useful in sit-to-stand motion that is essential 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 get rid of and control your non-specific low back pain.

CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers

Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Joseph Beissel on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with chronic low back pain.       

Make your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers. We work to make specific what we can of your low back pain’s cause as well as its relief.