New York City Back Muscles Affected By Back Pain
The spine is maintained by several muscles. Back pain and degenerative spine disorders affect those muscles. Chiropractors like yours at Rosenberg Wellness Center deal with both the degenerative spinal pain condition and the associated degenerated spine muscles. New York City chiropractic back pain treatment plans incorporate pain-relieving methods for both the spine and its musculature.
BACK PAIN AND MUSCLES’ RESPONSES
Back pain impacts back muscles. Different New York City back pain conditions affect different New York City back muscles, too. Paraspinal muscles present varied responses to spinal degenerative conditions. Changes in the lumbar spine paraspinal muscles of low back pain patients have been described. Atrophy of the multifidus muscles in patients with back pain, lumbar radiculopathy, and lumbar degenerative kyphosis are particularly documented. Increased fat infiltration of the multifidus muscle is also present in patients with lumbar radiculopathy and lumbar degenerative kyphosis. (1) In a report on 78 patients with either degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis or degenerative lumbar kyphosis, researchers described these degenerative muscle patterns. The multifidus muscle is described as the stabilizer of the lumbar spine segments while the erector spinae muscles tend to be seen as the stabilizers of spinal sagittal balance. Multifidus muscle degeneration was more significant in the patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Erector spinae degeneration was more significant in the degenerative lumbar kyphosis patients as well as more closely linked to the severity of spinal kyphosis curvature. (2) Continuous chronic low back pain patients as contrasted with non-continuous and recurrent low back pain sufferers were documented to have greater EMG activity in erector spinae and multifidus muscles in extension. (3) Your New York City chiropractor at Rosenberg Wellness Center takes great care in addressing these variations.
BACK PAIN AND BACK MUSCLES: STABILITY
Rosenberg Wellness Center also notes back pain and muscle response on spinal stability. Researchers explained that chronic low back pain impairs spinal stability of its sufferers. In examining the activation patterns of the latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, and upward scapular rotation muscles of chronic LBP patients, researchers found a significant rise in upward scapular rotation in all shoulder abduction positions on both sides. The left side was more significant than the right. Further, they found greater latissimus dorsi muscle activities and reduced gluteus maximus activities in chronic low back pain. (4) Spinal manipulation is described as eliciting transient physiological responses of which paraspinal muscle activity and muscle spindle responses are added. (5) Your New York City chiropractor will carefully note these responses when treating your spine as well as in setting exercises to address weaknesses.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Paulette Hugulet on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. She discusses her implementation of spinal manipulation, namely the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, for a 77-year-old patient to reduce pain and better her muscle function and strength.
