Plainville Chiropractic Treatment of Back Pain and Related Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles
No doubt, our Plainville chronic back pain sufferers have heard about associated paraspinal (multifidus, psoas, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae) muscle fatty infiltrate. They’re all linked together: fatty muscle infiltration, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, facet joint degeneration, back pain. Layden Chiropractic addresses all of them, too, to reduce back pain, strengthen the spine, and improve your quality of life.
WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the tissue of the muscles located near the spine, the paraspinal muscles. This condition may be triggered by aging or genetics although it can also be triggered by lifestyle factors like poor nutrition or little to no exercise. This condition doesn’t always trigger symptoms, but if it does, they can include low back pain and associated stiffness in the lower back and legs or difficulty walking because of gait disturbances. Intervertebral disc degeneration is a well-recognized culprit of chronic back pain, disc inflammation, and even spinal stability. Strong, well-functioning paraspinal muscles assist spinal stability. With back pain comes fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles that interfere with stability. (1) Layden Chiropractic tests for these issues thoroughly during the chiropractic examination with an understanding of this the possible connection.
THE BACK PAIN AND WEAK PARASPINAL MUSCLE CONNECTION
A recent study summarized that disc degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were strongly associated, facet joint degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were weakly associated, and facet joint degeneration and disc degeneration were strongly associated. It noted that the amount of paraspinal muscle weakness rose with level of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration while fatty infiltration of the multifidus paraspinal muscle was susceptible to weight. (2) Further, the published literature on the degree to which low back pain and fatty infiltration of multifidus and other paraspinal muscles (erector spinae, psoas, quadratus lumborum) impacted each other was somewhat conflicting – which comes first (pain or fatty infiltrate), can fatty infiltrate be fixed, is one predictive of the other (back pain that there is fatty infiltrate or fatty infiltrate that points to imminent back pain)? (3) Layden Chiropractic keeps abreast of what the research reports and encourages our back pain patients to improve the muscles that they can so that they can support the spine in healing and preventing more episodes of pain as best as possible.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE OF BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE WEAKNESS
Layden Chiropractic knows that low back pain patients do not just experience pain; they also get to endure muscle quality loss due to more fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles. The extent of muscle loss is highly correlated with the severity of the back pain and related dysfunction. (4) That’s the reason that rehabilitation is so crucial in addition to treatment of back pain for pain relief and prevention. Implementing The Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management in addition to other chiropractic services, nutrition and exercise, Layden Chiropractic is here to help! While researchers are still analyzing whether fatty infiltration is changeable, Layden Chiropractic sees the attempt to tone and strengthen a worthwhile effort.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the many options available to back pain sufferers when it comes to healthcare providers and highlights the benefit of being under the care of a chiropractor trained in the protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Make your Plainville chiropractic visit to address your back pain and weakened paraspinal muscles. Relief and an improved quality of life are ahead for you!
