Help for St Peters Back Pain's Fatty Paraspinal Muscles
If you experience chronic back pain, like many other St Peters back pain patients, odds are you have heard of paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate. This spinal condition can cause a lot 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 offered at Old Mill Chiropractic.
WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the muscle tissues located near the spine. This condition is often caused by aging or genetics, although it can also be triggered by lifestyle factors like poor nutrition or lack of exercise. It is important to note that this condition does not always cause symptoms, but if it does, they can involve low back pain, stiffness in the lower back and legs, or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances as gait relies on hip muscles like the gluteus medius. A recent report explained how the extent to which the gluteus medius is atrophied (degenerated) impacted lumbar spinal stenosis symptomatology. (1) One of the most common spinal conditions affecting more than 500 million people over 65 years old, lumbar spinal stenosis, is associated with altered gait as gait relies on strong muscle activity. (2) St Peters chiropractic patients know Old Mill Chiropractic 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 stenosis—a narrowing of the spinal canal that exerts pressure on nerve roots and causes pain and other symptoms in the lower back and legs – and resultant St Peters back pain. Intervertebral disc degeneration and fatty-infiltrated paraspinal muscles – multifidus, erector spinae, etc. – are linked and found to contribute to chronic low back pain and related issues: the more fat, the more degeneration. (3) Other researchers concured that fat infiltration of the paraspinal muscles like the multifidus muscle may be linked to lower back pain when it was not associated with other factors like a person with back pain who was male, older or has a higher BMI older, male, or having a higher BMI. (4) Old Mill Chiropractic offers relieving chiropractic treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis and its back pain.
LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS & SPINAL MANIPULATION
Treatment options for lumbar spinal stenosis vary depending on severity and the healthcare practitioner who was seen from drugs and surgery to exercise, nutrition, and/or spinal manipulation and mobilization. One study reported that one treatment of spinal manipulation significantly reduced spinal stiffness and increased the multifidus muscle thickness ratio that maintained for more than 7 days for spinal manipulation responders. (5) Your St Peters chiropractor uses the latter for back pain relief, particularly 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 Old Mill Chiropractic
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 St Peters chiropractor at Old Mill Chiropractic about your treatment options so you can find relief as fast as possible. Schedule your appointment today!
