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West Palm Beach Chiropractic Treatment of Back Pain and Related Fatty Infiltration of Paraspinal Muscles

No doubt, our West Palm Beach chronic back pain sufferers have read about related paraspinal (multifidus, psoas, quadratus lumborum, erector spinae) muscle fatty infiltrate. These are all tied together: fatty muscle infiltration, disc degeneration, spinal stenosis, facet joint degeneration, back pain. Chiropractic Care addresses all of them, too, to lessen back pain, strengthen the spine, and enhance your quality of life.

WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the tissue of the muscles found near the spine, the paraspinal muscles. This condition may be triggered by aging or genetics although it can also be triggered by lifestyle factors such as poor nutrition or lack of exercise. This condition does not always trigger symptoms, but if it does, they can include low back pain and related stiffness in the lower back and legs or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances. Intervertebral disc degeneration is a well-recognized 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) Chiropractic Care tests for these issues carefully during the chiropractic examination with an appreciation for the possible connection.

THE BACK PAIN AND WEAK PARASPINAL MUSCLE CONNECTION

A recent 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. It stated that the extent of paraspinal muscle weakness intensified with amount of lumbar disc degeneration and facet joint degeneration while fatty infiltration of the multifidus paraspinal muscle was susceptible 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 conflicting – which comes first (pain or fatty infiltrate), can fatty infiltrate be fixed, is one predictive of the other (back pain that there is fatty infiltrate or fatty infiltrate that indicates future back pain)? (3) Chiropractic Care keeps on top of published research and encourages 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

Chiropractic Care realizes that low back pain patients don’t just have pain; they also get to endure muscle quality loss due to increased fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles. The extent of muscle loss is highly correlated with the severity of the back pain and related dysfunction. (4) That is the reason that rehabilitation is so crucial in addition to treatment of back pain for pain relief and prevention. Using The Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management in addition to other chiropractic services, nutrition and exercise, Chiropractic Care is here to help! While researchers are still analyzing whether fatty infiltration is reversible, Chiropractic Care sees the effort 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 describes the multitude of options available to back pain sufferers when it comes to healthcare providers and emphasizes the benefit of being under the care of a chiropractor trained in the protocols of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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