Back Pain Changes Auburn Spinal Movement

Ask any Auburn back pain sufferer, and s/he will agree: back pain changes movement. Sitting down takes more time. Standing up is slower. Bending over requires some thought…or prompts total avoidance. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. knows back pain alters movements. Researchers continue to study just how and how much it alters movement. With chiropractic care, your Auburn chiropractor is focused on helping you get back the ease of movement you had before you had back pain.

SPINAL MOVEMENT ALTERED BY BACK PAIN

Back pain patients move differently. They often change the way they move to prevent pain. They will walk differently. They turn around differently. Their spinal kinematics – motions – are different. A recent study analyzed over 800 papers on the subject of altered kinematics. The authors wound up stating that restricted lumbar spinal mobility in all planes caused by low back pain was statistically significant. (1) Another study concluded that the type of spinal disorder a patient impacted the biomechanics of the sit-to-stand movement. Patients with spinal deformity-related back pain showed greater differences in a variety of biomechanical motions (like hip, spine, and knee torque) compared to patients with non-specific low back pain. (2) Figuring out just how much spinal kinematics are affected by back pain is the job your Auburn chiropractor relishes most.

TESTING SPINAL MOVEMENT

When healthcare providers like your Auburn chiropractor analyze new low back pain patients, tests like sit-to-stand that assess our new patients’ ability to carry out motions that daily activities demand are valuable. Patients with low back pain exhibit greatly altered kinematics, motions, of the spine. (3) Patients with low back pain showed motion changes in the lumbar spine, hip and trunk. (4) Chronic non-specific low back pain sufferers exhibited altered motor adaptability while doing a variety of repetitive functional tasks like flexion, extension, lifting, walking, sit-to-stand-to-sit motions. (5) The chiropractic spinal examination at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is comprehensive to record the extent to which low back pain is affecting your daily activities with a goal to get you back to doing them again with the least possible difficulty.

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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Matt Alexander 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 two patients with spinal stenosis, a condition shared by a lot of people that tends to affect motion.

Make your next Auburn chiropractic appointment with Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.. When back pain has altered the way you move, walk, even think about moving, etc., come to Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. for not only back pain relief but also a return to more natural kinematic motion.