Healthy News June 2021

Back pain patients visit Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC with all different types issues. Some walk better than others. Some have stronger muscles than others. Some are more prone to depression than others. Your La Grande chiropractor understands this and joins each back pain patient where s/he is and examines each patient to discover the difference(s) that make all the difference when putting together a relieving chiropractic treatment plan. Assessments like the 6-minute walk test that measures the distance walked in 6 minutes and the TUG (‘time up to go’ from a seated position) test can be quite informative of cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health in degenerative lumbar spine patients. Both may be affected by back pain. (1) Back muscles that turn weak and fatty (like the multifidus muscle tends to do) indicate issues with inflammatory and regeneration processes. (Back surgeons do not like this as a inferior surgical outcome is likely.) (2) Chiropractors know this and promote gentle exercise for these back muscles as a component of the treatment plan to prevent recurrent back pain that a few lumbar disc degeneration sufferers endure. A recent study described that those who tend to experience recurrent back pain were found to move differently, more causiously, likely to evade pain. Recurrent back pain patients also suffered with higher levels of anxiety, depression, and disability along with a reduced quality of life. (3) Your La Grande chiropractor embraces all back pain sufferers with all their peculiarities. Your chiropractor teams up with with each one throughout the current back pain episode and beyond to control the back pain (physical, mental, and emotional aspects), so it does not control them.