An age-old chiropractic
patient question: ”Just tell me what exercise to do to get rid of this back
pain, and I’ll do it!”
We all want the one “correct” answer to make
things better. We prefer to “just do it” and be done. Recognizing
just what the right thing is is the issue even for
researchers and for your Tonawanda chiropractor. The secret
for all involved – researcher, doctor, patient – is “getting” the patient. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation gets to understand
each of our back pain patients to know better which exercise(s) may
be most impactful. Our chiropractic services are here to help.
WHAT TO DO?
Researchers grapple with knowing what
the right back pain easing exercise(s) is, too. A few
researchers reviewed 118 back pain exercise
trials with 9710 volunteers. They revealed that the most
effective exercise methods for relieving
pain were mind-body, core-based exercise, and Pilates. They found
that the most effective means to decrease disability were Pilates,
core-based, and strength exercises. According to a special scoring
system know as SUCRA which determines the
rates the probability of an approach’s being effective found
that Pilates ranked highest with 93% for likelihood of decreasing
pain and 98% for reducing disability. (1) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation will
agree that those are extraordinary effectiveness outcomes!
BUT WHAT ABOUT…?
Other studies highlight the
effectiveness of other exercises, too. An analysis of 89 studies/5578 patients devoted
to establishing the effectiveness of exercise for
non-specific chronic low back pain explained that Pilates had
the highest probability of decreasing pain, resistance
training and stabilization/motor control exercise for enhancing
physical function, and resistance and aerobic training for improving mental health. (2) Pilates won again! Then, in a
414 chronic low back pain patient study, core stability exercise decreased
pain more and enhanced function better than general exercise. (3)
And for back pain sufferers with a lumbar disc herniation, stretch and
strength-based yoga showed itself to be a possible
option to enhance associated neuropathic pain,
disability, and function in these patients by boosting
mobilization, core muscle strength, and hamstring flexibility. (4) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
doesn’t want to puzzle you or lead you astray! We’ll just urge you to try
a few of our recommendations and see how good they help
you.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. William Hoffman on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient suffering with
a lumbar disc herniation.
Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic
appointment today. The best answer to the big
question about which exercise is best: read the new
research. Recently, pilates, yoga, core, resistance, and
stabilization are much written about in the research. Which exercise
will you do? That’s the best one!