Wake Up Your Multifidus Muscles: A Path to Chronic Back Pain Relief
If chronic low back pain has taken over your daily life, here's something worth knowing: those tiny multifidus muscles along your spine might be crying out for attention. The good news? Vancouver Disc Centers can help with your back pain relief! Recent research shows that targeting these specific muscles could be the key to relief for our Vancouver chiropractic patients like you.
MEET YOUR SPINE'S UNSUNG HEROES
Your multifidus muscles are small but powerful stabilizers located deep in your back, supporting each vertebra along your spine. When they're working properly, they keep your spine stable and protected. But here's the problem: chronic pain causes these muscles to weaken and shut down, creating a vicious cycle that keeps you stuck in discomfort. A 2025 comprehensive review by Abd-Elsayed and colleagues confirms what many chiropractors like yours at Vancouver Disc Centers have see in clinical practice (1): multifidus dysfunction plays a major role in chronic low back pain, and the evidence for treating it directly is getting stronger.
TWO PROVEN APPROACHES WORTH TRYING
Ask us about intramuscular electrical stimulation—it's a breakthrough for many patients. Kużdżał and team's randomized controlled trial demonstrated that this targeted therapy significantly improved both pain levels and function in chronic back pain patients. (2) By directly initiating weakened multifidus muscles, it helps your spine regain the strength and coordination it's been missing.
Don't overlook the power of specific exercises, either. Wongcharoen and colleagues found that core stabilization exercises—think controlled pelvic tilts, bridges, and abdominal bracing that stimulate your deep spinal muscles while keeping your spine in neutral alignment—delivered substantial pain reduction when performed regularly. (3) These aren't your typical gym exercises; they're precisely created movements that retrain your multifidus muscles to support you throughout your day.
TAKE ACTION NOW AND CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Your chronic back pain is not something you just have to accept. Ask your chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers about multifidus-focused treatment options at your next visit. Whether through electrical stimulation, directed exercise protocols, or hands-on techniques with our gentle Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression spinal manipulation, concentrating on these crucial muscles could change your pain experience.
