Murfreesboro Back Pain Linked with Sarcopenia and Back Muscle Degeneration
Sarcopenia finds many of us some day if we live long enough! Muscle degeneration accompanies aging. Many of us will not escape it. It is the degeneration and loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality and strength that goes with aging. But back pain severity is more related to back muscle degeneration than sarcopenia. The more back muscle degeneration, the more back pain is felt. (1) Most Chiropractic Clinic treats older Murfreesboro back pain patients to handle their back pain and control its impact on their lives as they age gracefully.
MUSCLE DEGENERATION AND LIFE EXPERIENCE
Aging and life influence muscle strength. A new report states that after having had a back surgery, post-surgical back pain patients’ MRIs revealed muscle degeneration in all patients. Type 2 fatty degeneration was most often seen over other types of changes like inflammation and scarring. (2) Muscle degeneration plays a role in patients’ experiences of back pain.
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BACK PAIN AND MUSCLE DEGENERATION IN OLDER FOLKS
Chronic changes in back muscles are seen throughout the spine eventually. Acute changes immediately after injury are seen within the few days following surgery. Researchers wanted to know if these changes came before or after the injury. They found that the multifidus muscle decreased quickly after lumbar injury at the level of injury. (3) In a new study of patients over 65 years old, 40% of chronic low back pain patients had sarcopenia. 26.6% of the control group (those who did not have chronic low back pain) had sarcopenia. The skeletal muscle mass was much lower and body fat ratio was much higher in the chronic low back pain group. Lumbar multifidis and erector spine muscles were much reduced in the chronic low back pain group, too. (4) Murfreesboro chiropractic patients with sarcopenia experience back pain and other problems that chiropractic tackles.
SARCOPENIA PAIN AND OTHER ISSUES’ EFFECTS
Most Chiropractic Clinic sees males and females with sarcopenia and other spinal problems in its Murfreesboro chiropractic practice. Sarcopenia in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis was much more common in females than males over 70 years of age. In another study, 13.9% of patients had sarcopenia which was accompanied by dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease. They also had lower body weight, body mass, grip strength, and walking distance. These patients felt pain more acutely. (5) Your Murfreesboro chiropractor knows this and gently handles their experience of pain and its source with gentle chiropractic treatment and exercise.
CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic
Schedule a Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment with Most Chiropractic Clinic for back pain issues associated with sarcopenia and degenerated back muscles. Aging, back pain and degeneration do not have to prevent you from enjoying your life!
