Manchester Back Muscles Affected By Back Pain

The spine is maintained by many muscles. Back pain and degenerative spine conditions impact those muscles. Chiropractors like yours at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries deal with both the degenerative spinal pain condition and the associated degenerated spine muscles. Manchester chiropractic back pain treatment plans integrate pain-relieving approaches for both the spine and its musculature.

BACK PAIN AND MUSCLES’ RESPONSES

Back pain affects back muscles. Different Manchester back pain issues involve different Manchester back muscles, too. Paraspinal muscles show varied responses to spinal degenerative conditions. Changes in the lumbar spine paraspinal muscles of low back pain patients have been detailed. Wasting of the multifidus muscles in patients with back pain, lumbar radiculopathy, and lumbar degenerative kyphosis are particularly noted. Intensified fat infiltration of the multifidus muscle is also present in patients with lumbar radiculopathy and lumbar degenerative kyphosis. (1) In a report on 78 patients with either degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis or degenerative lumbar kyphosis, researchers documented these degenerative muscle patterns. The multifidus muscle is seen as the stabilizer of the lumbar spine segments while the erector spinae muscles are usually referred to as the stabilizers of spinal sagittal balance. Multifidus muscle degeneration was more significant in the patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Erector spinae degeneration was more significant in the degenerative lumbar kyphosis patients as well as more directly linked to the severity of spinal kyphosis curvature. (2) Continuous chronic low back pain patients as contrasted with non-continuous and recurrent low back pain sufferers were found to have higher EMG activity in erector spinae and multifidus muscles in extension. (3) Your Manchester chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries pays close attention to these differences.

BACK PAIN AND BACK MUSCLES: STABILITY

Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries also notes back pain and muscle response on spinal stability. Researchers stated that chronic low back pain impairs spinal stability of its sufferers. In examining the activation patterns of the latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus, and upward scapular rotation muscles of chronic LBP patients, researchers found a significant rise in upward scapular rotation in all shoulder abduction positions on both sides. The left side was more affected than the right. Further, they found greater latissimus dorsi muscle activities and decreased gluteus maximus activities in chronic low back pain. (4) Spinal manipulation is described as stimulating transient physiological responses of which paraspinal muscle activity and muscle spindle responses are added. (5) Your Manchester chiropractor will keep these in mind when treating your spine as well as in setting exercises to address weaknesses. 

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Paulette Hugulet on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. She discusses her implementation of spinal manipulation, namely the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, for a 77-year-old patient to decrease pain and improve muscle function and strength.