Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries with all different types issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more susceptible to depression than others. Your Manchester chiropractor understands this and joins each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to find the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together an alleviating chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that gauges the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite educational about musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be affected by back pain. (1) Back muscles that weaken and turn fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) signify issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is possible.) (2) Chiropractors understand this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to avert recurrent back pain that some low back disc degeneration sufferers endure. A recent study explained that those who tend to experience recurrent back pain were found to move differently, more carefully, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also suffered with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a lower quality of life. (3) Your Manchester chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional features), so it does not control them.