Low back PAIN
Low Back Pain
About 85% of the population will experience disabling lower back pain at least once in their lives. The estimated cost of this problem is over $50 billion per year. Low back pain often comes on suddenly and for no apparent reason. The lumbar spine takes an enormous amount of stress in that it connects the upper half of your body to the lower half and is involved in twisting and bending motions between the two. Common activities of forward bending and long hours of sitting put adverse stress to the low back. Postural stresses and /or trauma commonly lead to a mechanical disturbance called subluxation (a spinal bone which loses its normal position and motion leading to nerve irritation). The subluxation leads to stiffness, inflammation, muscle tension/spasm and nerve irritation. Many times a subluxation is incorrectly diagnosed as a sprain or strain because of the muscular pain associated with it. Muscle spasms in the spine are typically a protective mechanism protecting the more vital underlying problem. If this low back condition is not corrected these low back episodes can lead to disc herniations and degenerative arthritis because of progressive wear and tear from abnormal spinal mechanics.
Low back pain treatment for the Huntley and Marengo area
Even antagonists of chiropractic agree that chiropractic is the choice for low back pain. In 1994, after reviewing a wealth of large scale studies, the federal government made a definitive pronouncement that chiropractic is one of the preferred and most effective treatments for acute adult low back pain. Controlled, scientific studies conducted by medical physicians comparing chiropractic with medical care, physical therapy, and non-surgical therapy for the back show that doctors of chiropractic relieve chronic and severe pain, both immediate and long term, in one half the time it takes medical physicians. At Binger Chiropractic we aim to address the cause of low back pain rather than just suppress symptoms. Treatment routinely consists of specific chiropractic adjustments, flexion distraction procedures. Rehabilitative measures prevent recurrent episodes and consist of in-off at at home exercise programs involving low back stretches and stability work.