Tag: lower back pain

Exercises that may help prevent lower back pain according to the NY Times.

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Exercises that may help prevent lower back pain according to the NY Times. There are many websites and experts suggesting that if you control the deep core and can better control your core muscles, you are less likely to experience lower back pain. If it only were that easy… The truth is, there are so many factors that can cause lower back pain.   The experts usually rely on the same recommendations for everyone such as planks and other maneuvers to strengthen the core. Another truth is we are all different.  Some of us are short, tall, heavy, asymmetrical, female, male.  Read More »

Managing vs. resolving your lower back pain; What does this mean to you, the patient?

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Managing vs. resolving your lower back pain; What does this mean to you, the patient? In the USA, the medical system manages many conditions such as kidney problems, diabetes, blood pressure, and even congestive heart failure to name a few. Why problem management makes us more chronic, instead of improving our quality of life. For many of these conditions, management is the only solution patients are given, yet most of us would want a cure instead, no? Part of the problem is that medicine is designed around managing chronic conditions and responding to life-threatening emergencies. It is not about healthy Read More »

Medically speaking, we’re treating lower back pain all wrong according to an opinion piece in Medpage today.

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Medically speaking, we’re treating lower back pain all wrong according to an opinion piece in Medpage today. The evidence is stunning when you look at the approaches to lower back pain and other spinal conditions, yet the healthcare systems have responded slowly. According to Christine Goertz, DC, Ph.D., one of the most trusted researchers who studies and publishes on body mechanics and back pain, “ In December 2019, I attended a National Academies of Sciences workshop on the role of non-pharmacological approaches to pain management. ”  While some researchers believed more research is needed, several said they believed that we have Read More »

Chronic lower back, shoulder and neck pain and reciprocal twins.

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Chronic lower back, shoulder, and neck pain and reciprocal twins. What is a reciprocal twin?    A reciprocal twin is when you develop a problem in a hip capsule and it affects the opposite shoulder on the other side due to mechanical and neurological adaptations, the most common being shoulder impingement, rib pain, or a frozen shoulder.   You can also develop these problems on the same side as well where the hip affects the shoulder.   Conversely, a chronic shoulder problem can affect the hips, in the same way, altering the way you walk and resulting in lower back pain. A Read More »

Resolving your lower back pain requires more than applying a treatment or ordering tests; here’s why.

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Resolving your lower back pain requires more than applying a treatment or ordering tests; here’s why. A patient recently visited our office complaining of lower back pain that began months ago but gradually became acute over the New Year’s holiday. Since our office was closed, he visited another chiropractic office that told him his problems were due to swollen muscles and discs in his lower back.   The treatment consisted of muscle stim and heat initially and then an adjustment.   The patient also mentioned that when the lower back pain began, his neck was stiff and painful but the chiropractor relieved Read More »