Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients come to Pflugerville Wellness Center with all sorts of different issues. Some walk better than others. Some have stronger muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your Pflugerville chiropractor understands this and joins 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 a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that gauges the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be triggered 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 know this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as part of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that some low back disc degeneration patients endure. A recent study described that those who tend to get recurrent back pain were found to move differently, more carefully, likely to avoid pain. Recurrent back pain patients also experienced higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a lower quality of life. (3) Your Pflugerville chiropractor welcomes all back pain sufferers with all their issues. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout the current back pain event and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional features), so it doesn’t control them.