Call us to set up an appointment! 814-344-8883

April 2022 Healthy News from Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Words Describing Back Pain and Exercises to Strengthen the Multifidi Are Important

Your Carrolltown chiropractor listens to every word you use to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan.

 
WORDS DESCRIBING PAIN ARE IMPORTANT TO YOUR CHIROPRACTOR

“Why are you asking me all these questions, doc?”

Our Carrolltown chiropractic patients are central to our practice. We want to understand each you and your pain experience well, treat you well, and ensure that you are satisfied with your care and outcome. That is why we ask you to explain your pain to us, sometimes several times and in several different ways! Words mean different things to different people: “discomfort” to one may mean “pain” to another while “stiffness” is “pain” or “discomfort” to a another. It is true! Researchers studied just what these different words mean to patients. An example of this is the description of “feeling”: pain was sharp/shooting, discomfort signified dull/tingling, stiffness was tight/restricted. (1) It's important for us to know our patient’s experience with pain to better meet expectations and boost satisfaction with care. Patients who visited an integrated hospital for care of their musculoskeletal pain and depressive symptoms rated their pain as 5/10 (10 being greatest pain) and reported multiple pain locations (9 of 17 participants), low back pain (13 of 17), and neck pain (8 of 17). Those are quite typical of reasons patients pursue chiropractic care! In this setting, patients were satisfied with the collaboration amongst the various healthcare team members due to the trust they had in their physician. Patients appreciated consistency in care from a single caregiving chiropractor. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation knows our patients appreciate - and can expect - these same things from us: consistency, care, collaboration, and results!

Your Carrolltown chiropractor listens to every word you use to describe the back pain experience to develop the proper, relieving treatment plan. 

Carrolltown CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Strengthen Multifidus Muscles While Standing

Back pain. It’s a simple description that may stem from many factors including the muscles of the spine, those seen and unseen. The multifidus muscles are such unseen muscles, smaller, deep muscles that run parallel to the spine from the cervical spine to the sacrum. These muscles assist movements like lateral (side) flexion and rotation of the spine when contracted. (3) Lately, researchers suggested that the multifidi may be a possible source of back pain since they are found to be stiffer in low back pain sufferers. Low back pain is linked to lumbodorsal musculature (which includes the multifidus muscle) fatigue. Standing back extension exercise fatigued the multifidus well enough which may prevent low back pain initiated by muscle fatigue. (4) “Superman” (on-the-floor) exercises are well known. Standing back extension and “superman” exercises are newly documented to be equally beneficial in strengthening these multifidus muscles. (5) That is great news! Carrolltown back pain sufferers can do easy, standing exercises like this anywhere! The multifidi benefit!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Paula Hugulet on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she describes the value of improving muscle strength and function as part of back pain treatment via the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation

Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment today. Your words will be heard. Your multifidus muscles will be strengthened via proper exercise to lessen and potentially avert back pain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will ask you questions, and you are welcome to ask Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation questions, too!

"This information and website content is not intended to diagnose, guarantee results, or recommend specific treatment or activity. It is designed to educate and inform only. Please consult your physician for a thorough examination leading to a diagnosis and well-planned treatment strategy. See more details on the DISCLAIMER page. Content is reviewed by Dr. James M. Cox I."