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Help for Managing Burlington and Hamilton Back Pain Associated with Fatty Paraspinal Muscles

If you experience chronic back pain, like many other Burlington and Hamilton back pain sufferers, odds are you’ve heard of paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate. This spinal condition can cause a great deal of discomfort and can even result in gait disturbances. In this blog post, we'll look more closely at paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate and how it is related to lumbar spinal stenosis and its treatment with spinal manipulation available at Spinal Care Clinic.

WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is a build-up of fat within the tissues of the muscles located near the spine. Genetics or aging are often culprits of this condition, but it can also be triggered by lifestyle factors like poor nutrition or lack of exercise. It is important to note that paraspinal fatty muscle infiltrate does not always cause symptoms, but if it does, they can include low back pain, stiffness in the lower back and legs, or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances as gait depends on hip muscles like the gluteus medius. A recent report described how the extent to which the gluteus medius is atrophied (weakened) influenced lumbar spinal stenosis symptomatology. (1) A leading spinal condition affecting more than 500 million people over 65 years old, lumbar spinal stenosis, is associated with distorted gait as gait depends on robust muscle activity. (2) Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic patients know Spinal Care Clinic evaluates gait in all our patients during our chiropractic exam.

PARASPINAL FATTY INFILTRATE AND LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate can be associated with lumbar spinal stenosisa narrowing of the spinal canal that puts pressure on nerve roots and causes pain and other symptoms in the lower back and legsand resultant Burlington and Hamilton back pain. Intervertebral disc degeneration and fatty-infiltrated paraspinal muscles – multifidus, erector spinae, etc. – are related and found to cause chronic low back pain and related issues: the fattier, the more degenerated. (3) Other researchers agreed that fat infiltration of the paraspinal muscles like the multifidus muscle may be associated with lower back pain when it was not linked to other factors like a person with back pain being older, male, or having a higher BMI]78]. (4) Spinal Care Clinic offers alleviating chiropractic treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis and its back pain.

LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS & SPINAL MANIPULATION

There are various treatment options for spinal stenosis influenced by the severity and the healthcare practitioner consulted from nutrition, surgery, exercise, drugs, and/or spinal manipulation and mobilization. One study reported that one treatment of spinal manipulation was found to significantly decrease spinal stiffness and enhanced the multifidus muscle thickness ratio that maintained for more than 7 days for spinal manipulation responders. (5) Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor uses such care for back pain relief, especially the well-researched chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.  Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management addresses back pain and affiliated muscles.

CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic

Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is a common condition that can trigger a range of issues involving low back pain, stiffness in the lower body, and gait disturbances. It is sometimes associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. If you have any symptoms associated with paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate or lumbar spinal stenosis, it's important to speak with your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor at Spinal Care Clinic about your treatment options so you can find relief as quickly as possible. Make your appointment today!

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