Georgetown Back Pain with Hip Pain Helped with Exercise
Have you heard? Exercise is good. Dr. Butwell bets you have! Whether we like it or not, we all need to exercise, move, and get our blood flowing! Georgetown chiropractic patients are recommended to do some type of exercise as part of their overall treatment plan for hip pain as well as any related Georgetown back pain with good reason. It is good!
SPECIFIC EXERCISES FOR SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
Since Dr. Butwell cares for a lot of musculoskeletal pain like back pain and neck pain and related arm and leg pain, a new paper was quite interesting! It reported the recommendation and use of exercise for many specific conditions. A list of exercises for assorted diseases – musculoskeletal system diseases like low back pain, hip fracture, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis – described the preventive and rehabilitative effects for each in addition to the correct intensity and frequency. (1) Patients with knee osteoarthritis benefitted from isolated hip and leg strengthening exercises with improvement of their knee pain, function and quality of life. (2) Dr. Butwell welcomes patients with knee, back and hip pain to our chiropractic practice.
HIP PAIN…OR BACK PAIN?
Hip pain issues happen singularly. Hip pain issues may arise in combination with low back issues like spinal stenosis. Hips xrays alone are not reliable. MRIs are more reliable for confirming diagnosis. Hip pain may mimic lumbar spinal stenosis. (3) What Dr. Butwell carefully examines for are non-spine related issues like avascular necrosis of the hip and hip fractures so that those may be managed with other healthcare practitioners as well. Dr. Butwell ensures our patients receive the care they need!
BACK PAIN RELATED HIP PAIN
Patients who have non-specific mechanical low back pain are unique in their pelvic, hip and knee movements while walking. They also are less able to extend their hip flexors and abductor muscles. (4) Researchers further explained that low back pain influenced muscles of the lumbopelvic area. It is a big deal for back pain sufferers. Changes in hip muscles may stem from alterations in the cross-sectional area and volume of muscle. Why is this notable? It suggests that development of exercise programs to improve hip muscle function in back pain patients is vital. (5) Surgeons are even noting value in having patients who choose back surgery do “prehabilitation” exercises before back surgery as it improved range of motion, leg pain intensity, lumbar spine extensor muscle endurance and walking capacity…with no adverse side effects. (6) Dr. Butwell has treatment programs of exercise blended with evidence based spinal manipulation and nutrition to avert back surgery when feasible as well as56 pre-habilitate and rehabilitate Georgetown back pain patients!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Matt Alexander on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains the application of Cox® Technic flexion distraction to ease the pain of lumbar spinal stenosis.
Schedule a Georgetown chiropractic appointment for your back pain and hip pain. Georgetown chiropractic treatment plan will surely include some of that exercise you have heard is good! Don’t fret. We’ll work together to ensure the exercise is good for you.
