Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR 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 Colorado Springs chiropractor understands this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and examines each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when designing an alleviating 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 musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be affected 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 do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is possible.) (2) Chiropractors get this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to avert recurrent back pain that some lumbar disc degeneration sufferers endure. A recent study explained that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were found to move in a different way, more carefully, likely to evade pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability as well as a lower quality of life. (3) Your Colorado Springs chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor partners with each one during the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (emotional, physical and mental features), so it does not control them.