Ever think of your body in
terms of the upper part and lower part? An interesting
part – the iliopsoas muscle group – connects the spine with the
lower extremities. Anatomy is quite remarkable!
Everything is connected…and also affected when there’s
pain. Your Severna Park chiropractor is well aware of the
anatomy of back pain and all the affected, connected parts. The chiropractic
services at Back And Neck Care Center combine to help you control the pain and get back to your daily activities.
THE ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE
Can you locate your iliopsoas muscle? Know its function? If you have back pain, you might. The iliopsoas is really
a deep muscle group made up of the psoas major, psoas minor, and
iliacus muscles. The iliopsoas muscle group connects the spine to
the lower extremities. Its pain may seem like it’s hip pain which makes it hard to
figure out whether it is the source of pain or not, but your
Severna Park chiropractor has a few special ways to figure that out! Being the main hip flexor, a well-functioning
iliopsoas is essential. If it’s tight or painful or
injured, treatments and exercises may help. (1) Your chiropractor at Back And Neck Care Center can help clarify
the involvement of the iliopsoas and establish a treatment plan to
treat it and its associated pain, like Severna Park back pain.
THE ILIOPSOAS AND BACK PAIN
When suffering with back pain, sufferers are often willing to try most anything to help! Chiropractic care helps, especially
the gentle Cox® Technic form of spinal manipulation which is part
of a larger system of spinal pain management that features
nutrition and exercise, too. A widely used exercise method
is the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) system. Chronic low back
pain has been shown to benefit from it. A meta-analysis of 12
studies and 410 participants revealed that PNF was more beneficial
in relieving pain and enhancing waist function. It was also observed
to help pulmonary function! (2) Remember how everything is connected and the
iliopsoas links the spine to the lower extremities? One
mechanical factor that back pain sufferers share is often altered pelvic
tilting. A tight iliopsoas muscle is often the source for which
PNF is beneficial. Compared to another popular stretching
technique, muscle energy technique, PNF showed itself superior
though both were remarkably effective for loosening the tight iliopsoas. (3) If
the iliopsoas is involved, we can go over an
exercise to help the situation at your next visit.
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Nike Taylor on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as she describes the treatment of chronic back
pain with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Severna Park chiropractic
appointment now. If we discover that the iliopsoas is contributing
to your back pain problem, we’ll connect
and manage it!
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