Paraspinal muscles? Where are they? These muscles
align the spine. They hold up the spine and permit
it to move. And their health matters. Their health play a role in your posture, your back pain condition, and your ability
to move your spine as you need and want. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn advocates
exercises as part of the chiropractic treatment plan to strengthen and maintain the strength of these critical
paraspinal muscles in the control of Ashburn back pain and relief of
back pain.
HOW DOES EXERCISE HELP PARASPINAL MUSCLES IN BACK PAIN?
The paraspinal muscles of the back are the action muscles of the spine. They run up and down
your whole spine. They reposition your spine. Otherwise
known as the erector spinae, paraspinal muscles allow you to
lean, bend, twist, and arch your back. Their ability to do what
they do is connected to the health of their neighboring
tissues. A recent study recorded that damage to the spine’s
vertebral bones’ endplates is a part of chronic low back pain. Endplate damage and chronic low back pain patients’
symptoms are reported to depend on paraspinal
muscle quality. Attempts to strengthen the paraspinal muscles can
be beneficial. (1) Sometimes finding the
right exercise for you is key.
EXERCISE CAN HELP PARASPINAL MUSCLES FOR MOST Ashburn
BACK PAIN SUFFERERS
Fatty infiltration of muscles affects Ashburn low
back pain. Muscle weakness affects low back pain. Exercise is suggested. In another recent
study, high-intensity exercise did not alter these
two concerns for all participants. However, for
those who did show improvement in fat content and weakness,
functional improvement followed. (2) At least most of us
can exercise to help our backs’ paraspinal muscles. Astronauts can’t! Their
paraspinal and quadratus lumborum muscles were still weak 2 to 4 years
after their returning from space. Researchers speculate
that these changes contributed to the back pain astronauts experience. (3) Ashburn does not
have many astronauts in its population, so Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn will help you figure
out the proper form of exercise – be it high
intensity or other type of exercise – for your best improvement
of Ashburn back pain.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Hamisi Kote Ali on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who shares how
treatment of paraspinal muscles via fascia manipulation goes hand-in-hand
with spinal manipulation treatment utilizing gentle Cox® Technic to
manage spine-related pain.
Schedule a Ashburn chiropractic appointment with
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn today. Together, we will establish the
strength or lack thereof of your paraspinal muscles, your erector spinae
muscles, and come up with the specific
exercises to strengthen them for your spine’s optimal
alignment and movement.
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