Murfreesboro Exercise for Back Pain Relief: Whats Best? Good Question!

September 14, 2022

An age-old chiropractic patient question: ”Just tell me what exercise to do to get rid of this back pain, and I’ll do it!”

We all want the one “correct” answer to make things better. We prefer to “just do it” and be finished. Recognizing just what the right thing is is the problem even for researchers and for your Murfreesboro chiropractor. The secret for all involved – researcher, doctor, patient – is “getting” the patient. Most Chiropractic Clinic gets to know each of our back pain patients to know better which exercise(s) may be most impactful. Our chiropractic services are here to help. 

WHAT TO DO?

Researchers struggle to know what the right back pain easing exercise(s) is, also. A few researchers reviewed 118 back pain exercise trials with 9710 volunteers. They found that the most effective exercise types for relieving 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 know as SUCRA which determines the rates the probability of an approach’s being effective found that Pilates ranked highest with 93% for likeliness of reducing pain and 98% for decreasing disability. (1) Most Chiropractic Clinic will agree that those are notable effectiveness outcomes!

BUT WHAT ABOUT…?

Other studies highlight the effectiveness of other exercises, too. An analysis of 89 studies/5578 patients dedicated to determining the effectiveness of exercise for non-specific chronic low back pain reported that Pilates had the highest probability of decreasing pain, resistance training and stabilization/motor control exercise for improving physical function, and resistance and aerobic training for enhancing mental health. (2) Pilates won again! Then, in a 414 chronic low back pain patient study, core stability exercise decreased pain more and enhanced 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 possible option to improve related neuropathic pain, disability, and function in these patients by boosting mobilization, core muscle strength, and hamstring flexibility. (4) Most Chiropractic Clinic does not want to puzzle you or lead you off track! We’ll just encourage 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 illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient experiencing a lumbar disc herniation.

Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment today. The best answer to the big question about which exercise is best: read the new research. Recently, pilates, yoga, core, resistance, and stabilization are much written about in the research. Which one will you do? That is the best one!

Most Chiropractic Clinic applauds the question from our back pain sufferers who want to know which exercise is optimal to get rid of pain: Pilates, yoga, strength, core, aerobic, etc.?