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Ashburn Chiropractic Treatment of Back Pain and Related Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles

Undoubtedly, our Ashburn chronic back pain sufferers have heard about related paraspinal (multifidus, psoas, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae) muscle fatty infiltrate. They are all tied together: fatty muscle infiltration, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, facet joint degeneration, back pain. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn addresses all of them, too, to lessen back pain, improve the spine, and improve your quality of life.

WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is the growth of fat within the tissue of the muscles located near the spine, the paraspinal muscles. This condition may be triggered by aging or genetics while 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-known culprit of chronic back pain, disc inflammation, and even spinal stability. Strong, effective paraspinal muscles assist spinal stability. With back pain comes fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles that interfere with that. (1) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn tests for these issues carefully during the chiropractic examination with an understanding of this the possible connection.

THE BACK PAIN AND WEAK PARASPINAL MUSCLE CONNECTION

A newer study concluded that disc degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were strongly correlated, facet joint degeneration and paraspinal muscle weakness were weakly associated, and facet joint degeneration and disc degeneration were strongly correlated. The authors stated that the extent of paraspinal muscle weakness rose with level of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration while fatty infiltration of the multifidus paraspinal muscle was vulnerable to weight. (2) Further, the published literature on the extent to which low back pain and fatty infiltration of multifidus and other paraspinal muscles (erector spinae, psoas, quadratus lumborum) impacted each other was somewhat contradictory – which comes first (pain or fatty infiltrate), can fatty infiltrate be reversed, is one predictive of the other (back pain that there is fatty infiltrate or fatty infiltrate that points to future back pain)? (3) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn keeps abreast of what the research reports and urges our back pain patients to strengthen the muscles that they can so that they can support the spine in healing and preventing future bouts of pain as best as possible.

CHIROPRACTIC CARE OF BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE WEAKNESS

Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn realizes that low back pain patients do not just experience pain; they also get to deal with muscle quality loss due to increased fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles. Just how much loss is highly correlated with the severity of the back pain and related dysfunction. (4) That is the reason that exercise is so crucial alongside treatment of back pain for pain relief and prevention. Using The Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as other chiropractic services, nutrition and exercise, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is here to help! While researchers are still studying whether fatty infiltration is changeable, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn finds the attempt to tone and strengthen a worthy effort.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr.  Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the multitude of options available to back pain sufferers when it comes to healthcare providers and highlights the benefit of seeking a chiropractor trained in the protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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Schedule your Ashburn chiropractic visit to address your back pain and weakened paraspinal muscles. Relief and an improved quality of life are ahead for you!

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