Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Knows Well the Spine and Its Connections
Nerves. Discs. Muscles. What connects them all? The spine! And back pain is a complex condition typically involving all these elements. Your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation values every one of these spinal elements. Your Carrolltown chiropractor respects each of these spinal parts. Your Carrolltown chiropractor reduces Carrolltown back pain and neck pain related to these spinal elements with gentle chiropractic services and Cox® Technic at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation.
THE SPINE
The spine is the body’s support system. The spine connects everything! The spine’s bones – called vertebrae – connect ligaments, muscles and discs to form this support system. 25 intervertebral discs separate the usual 33 vertebrae. Three parts form each disc – the gel-like, water/collagen-composed nucleus pulposus surrounded and held in place by the collagenous annulus fibrosus and two endplates on top and bottom that protect and permit nutrients into the nucleus. The disc gives the spine its flexibility and strength. (1) Seemingly off-topic but really not as these findings show just how connected the spine is, more articles surface about the importance of diaphragm training for muscle relaxation like the hamstring muscles. In a new study, this training is reported to grow the thickness of lumbar spine stabilizing muscles, transverse abdominis and lumbar multifidus muscles. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is amazed by what diaphragm-focused treatment does for such muscles. It all reflects on how intricately the spine is created and connected! Interesting! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation enjoys taking care of Carrolltown chiropractic patients’ spines every day!
NERVES
Spinal nerves weave their ways in the spine, collecting and sending impulses from head to toe. The superior gluteal nerve makes its ways through the lower pelvis via the L4, L5 and S1 nerve roots in the sacral plexus. It supplies nerves to the gluteus medius, gluteus minimum and tensor fasciae latae muscles. If damaged, it often causes an unmistakable walking and standing gait due to the gluteus medius muscle paralysis it triggers. (3) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation back pain patients understand how sensitive these spinal nerves are and so does Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation.
MUSCLES
The spine depends on muscles to keep it together. The psoas muscle runs along both sides of the spinal vertebral column down to the pelvis. It is deep and originates at the lumbar vertebrae, L1-L4, attaching to much more - the less trochanter of the femur, iliopsoas muscle, psoas major muscle, inconsistent psoas minor muscle, iliac fascia, iliacus muscle, and inguinal ligament – influencing postural function and influencing mood and stress disorders as a cause of low back pain. (4) The quadratus lumborum muscle is key to stability. Its deep, posterior, lateral and interior location around the spine often brings into question its contributing role in back pain. It’s an essential part of the thoracolumbar fascia muscle system as it encircles the iliac crest, the transverse processes of lumbar spine’s vertebrae and 12th rib. (5) The external oblique muscle is key to balance, maintaining the center of gravity, as well as stability. Notably, in a research study of women with chronic low back pain, stability exercises and balance exercises involving the external oblique muscle improved erector spinae muscle activity and decreased pain and disability. (6) That is why Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation routinely recommends exercise to Carrolltown back pain patients as part of the chiropractic treatment plan. Don’t worry! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation makes sure these are simple and helpful for you!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Lonny Skjervheim on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about chiropractic care of low back pain with leg pain together using Cox® Technic spinal manipulation.
