Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Hollstrom & Associates Inc with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more susceptible to depression than others. Your Largo chiropractor knows this and joins each back pain patient where s/he is and examines each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when designing a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that evaluates the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be influenced by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons don’t like this as a poorer surgical outcome is possible.) (2) Chiropractors know this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that some low back disc degeneration patients experience. A new study explained that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were shown to move in a different way, more guardedly, likely to evade pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a lower quality of life. (3) Your Largo chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor partners with each one during the current back pain episode and beyond to control the back pain (emotional, physical and mental aspects), so it doesn’t control them.