Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have better muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Auburn chiropractor understands this and meets each back pain patient where s/he is and assesses each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together an alleviating chiropractic treatment plan. Tests 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 educational about musculoskeletal and cardiovascular health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be influenced by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) indicate issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors know this and encourage gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that a few low back disc degeneration patients experience. A recent study explained that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were shown to move in a different way, more causiously, 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 Auburn 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 (physical, mental, and emotional aspects), so it doesn’t control them.