Exercise for Georgetown Back Pain Linked to the Iliopsoas Muscle

Ever think of your body in terms of the upper part and lower part? A remarkable part – the iliopsoas muscle group – attaches the spine with the lower extremities. Anatomy is really remarkable! Everything is connected…and also impacted when there’s pain. Your Georgetown chiropractor knows well the anatomy of back pain and all the affected, connected parts. The chiropractic services at Dr. Butwell combine to help you control the pain and get back to your daily activities.

THE ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE

Can you locate your iliopsoas muscle? Know what it does? If you have back pain, you may. The iliopsoas is actually a deep muscle group composed of the psoas major, psoas minor, and iliacus muscles. The iliopsoas muscle group links the spine to the lower extremities. Its pain may seem like it’s hip pain which makes it difficult to determine whether it is the source of pain or not, but your Georgetown chiropractor has a few special tests to figure that out! Being the main hip flexor, a properly functioning iliopsoas is important. If it’s tight or painful or hurt, there are treatments and exercises to help. (1) Your chiropractor at Dr. Butwell can help verify the involvement of the iliopsoas and establish a treatment plan to treat it and its affiliated pain, like Georgetown back pain.

THE ILIOPSOAS AND BACK PAIN

When suffering with back pain, sufferers want to try most anything to help! Chiropractic care helps, particularly the gentle Cox® Technic form of spinal manipulation which is a piece of a larger system of spinal pain management that incorporates nutrition and exercise, too. A widely used exercise method is the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) system. Chronic low back pain has been documented to benefit from it. A meta-analysis of 12 studies and 410 participants revealed that PNF was more beneficial in relieving pain and enhancing waist function. It was also found to help pulmonary function! (2) Remember how everything is connected and the iliopsoas connects the spine with the lower extremities? One mechanical factor that back pain sufferers share is often altered pelvic tilting. A tight iliopsoas muscle is often the source for which PNF is useful. Compared to another popular stretching technique, muscle energy technique, PNF showed itself superior though both were remarkably effective for loosening the tight iliopsoas. (3) If the iliopsoas is entangled, we can go over an exercise that can help at your next appointment.

CONTACT Dr. Butwell

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr.  Nike Taylor on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares the treatment of chronic back pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

Schedule your Georgetown chiropractic appointment now. If we discover that the iliopsoas is part of your back pain issue, we’ll connect and handle it!