Georgetown Exercise for Back Pain Relief: Whats Best? Good Question!
An age-old chiropractic patient question: “What is the best exercise I can do to get rid of this back pain?”
We all want the one “right” answer to make things better. We prefer to “just do it” and be done. Recognizing just what the right thing is is the issue even for researchers and for your Georgetown chiropractor. The secret for all involved – researcher, doctor, patient – is getting to know the patient. Dr. Butwell gets to know each of our back pain patients to know better which exercise(s) might be most beneficial. Our chiropractic services are here to help.
WHAT TO DO?
Researchers struggle to know what the right back pain relieving exercise(s) is, also. A group of them reviewed 118 back pain exercise trials with 9710 volunteers. They discovered that the most effective exercise methods for getting rid of pain were mind-body, core-based exercise, and Pilates. They found that the most effective means to decrease disability were Pilates, core-based, and strength exercises. According to a special scoring system called SUCRA which measures the rates the probability of an approach’s being effective revealed that Pilates ranked highest with 93% for likelihood of reducing pain and 98% for decreasing disability. (1) Dr. Butwell will agree that those are impressive effectiveness outcomes!
BUT WHAT ABOUT…?
Other studies feature the effectiveness of other exercises, too. An analysis of 89 studies/5578 patients dedicated to establishing the effectiveness of exercise for non-specific chronic low back pain explained that Pilates had the highest probability of decreasing pain, resistance training and stabilization/motor control exercise for enhancing physical function, and resistance and aerobic training for improving mental health. (2) Pilates won again! Then, in a 414 chronic low back pain patient study, core stability exercise decreased pain more and improved function better than general exercise. (3) And for back pain sufferers with a lumbar disc herniation, stretch and strength-based yoga proved itself to be a potential option to enhance related neuropathic pain, disability, and function in these patients by boosting mobilization, core muscle strength, and hamstring flexibility. (4) Dr. Butwell doesn’t want to confuse you or lead you off track! We’ll just urge you to try a few of our recommendations and see how good they help you.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Hoffman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient suffering with a lumbar disc herniation.
Schedule your Georgetown chiropractic appointment now. The best answer to the most common question about which exercise is best: read the most recent research. Recently, pilates, yoga, core, resistance, and stabilization are much written about in the research. Which one will you do? That’s the best one!
