Vancouver Disc Centers Makes Non-Specific Low Back Pain More Specific for Relief

November 27, 2022

Non-specific low back pain. Really? That’s not what a back pain patient wants to hear! Well, your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers knows some specific features of back pain like yours and specific ways to help contain 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 detailed  121 movement and 150 muscular activity biomarkers to distinguish non-specific low back pain sufferers from asymptomatic others. (1) That information is critical for diagnosing and treating non-specific low back pain. Researchers listed these issues as being contributory to non-specific low back pain: short hip flexors, low muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, and high erector spinae activity throughout hip extension as well as weak endurance of the lumbar extensor muscles and compensatory movement of the lumbar spine. (2) Researchers have specifically investigated how decreased hamstring flexibility may add to low back pain development via 4 tests for flexibility and 5 for stiffness when examining low back pain patients. (3) Further, they also recorded significantly worse back extensor muscle endurance in non-specific chronic low back pain patients. (4) Limited lumbar spine lateral flexion, limited range of motion of the hamstring muscle, and decreased lumbar lordosis were associated with 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) (It’s not a bad exercise to do regularly either to improve all of these problems! 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 designed to provoke and reestablish normal ranges of motion to the spine.  (7) A lumbar support belt may be recommended. Using a lumbar support belt enjoys a thorny reputation of being useful and not being useful depending on the paper. Interesting! In a new study, healthy persons vs non-specific low back pain patients demonstrated that two kinds of lumbar belts – extensible and non-extensible - had a positive effect on motor control in patients with nonspecific low back pain and thereby may be useful in sit-to-stand motion that is important 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 ease 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 effectiveness and gentleness of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his 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 origin as well as its relief. 

 
Vancouver Disc Centers describes the specific characteristics and treatment of non-specific low back pain.