May 2024 Healthy News from Connected Chiropractic Exercise and Relieving Treatment for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
OUR ‘THING’ – Relieving Care for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Back Pain
Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a degenerative spinal condition concerning many older adults. Lumbar spinal stenosis is a bothersome problem for a lot of people – 103 million globally – and 11% of older US adults which increases with age. (1) LSS comes and goes and may get worse over time. Standing and walking may aggravate it while sitting and bending forward usually improve it. (3) Typical medical recommendations are to adapt activity, analgesia, physical therapy, and even epidural steroid injections whose long-term benefits are being questioned. (2) Non-medical recommendations are stated as effective, particularly a mixed approach of manual therapy and exercise for older patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and related neurogenic claudication that was pronounced as effective while epidural steroids were not. (3) A recent report emphasized the desire of chiropractors to collaborate with healthcare professionals to improve integrated, coordinated patient centered healthcare for older adults, the number of whom is growing rapidly. (4) We chiropractors offer multiple non-drug, non-surgical methods via personalized treatment plans – spinal manipulation and mobilization (with Cox® Technic), nutrition, exercise, bracing, etc. - to alleviate spine-related pain like back pain due to LSS. Relieving spine pain is our ‘thing’!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment protocols to positively manage lumbar spinal stenosis.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Do Your ‘Thing’: Exercise for LSS
Of three non-surgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis – medical care, group exercise, and manual therapy/individualized exercise – manual therapy/individualized exercise produced greater short-term symptom and physical function improvement as well as better walking capacity. (5) That is our approach! We use the gentle Cox® Technic manual therapy with exercise. A recent review of exercise for lumbar spinal stenosis and associated neurogenic claudication revealed that most exercise recommendations featured supervised, lumbar flexion, and aerobic fitness exercises (like cycling in a flexed posture) while stretches, strengthening exercises, and psychologically informed means were part of the most effective treatment plans. (6) If lumbar spinal stenosis is your ‘thing,’ exercise will most likely be your ‘thing,’ too! We figure out the best ones for you, together.
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Connected Chiropractic is honored to be your Elgin chiropractor and appreciates your sharing your chiropractic experience with family and friends, particularly those who have lumbar spinal stenosis! We look forward to your you soon!