San Jose Back and Neck Pain due to Things like Sitting or Doing Computer Work

Sitting too long. Working on a computer for for too long. Bending over a project for a long time. Many positional issues may initiate back pain or neck pain. Spine researchers discuss flexion relaxation ratios (FRR) and flexion relaxation phenomena (FRP) that occur with such back and neck irritations.  Chiropractic Solutions is ready to help reduce San Jose neck pain and back pain with our chiropractic services as well as help troubleshoot ways to prevent irritation when doing things you must do all day or movements you want to do occasionally but know they’re going to hurt your back or neck.

LUMBAR SPINE and LOW BACK PAIN: Sitting

The curiosity of spinal pain researchers produces some research-provoking questions like does sitting for an hour produce pain in patients with a history of back pain (but don’t have back pain presently) versus those without. They did not see a difference in the flexion relaxation ratio (FRR) they measured but think that may be because an hour was not long enough to bring on pain in the history-of-back-pain patients. (1) Hum? A decrease of the paraspinal muscle activity at maximum flexion reveals the related flexion relaxation phenomenon (FRP). An analysis of 48 published studies on this topic documented that nonspecific low back pain patients’ FRP was altered. Compared to asymptomatic patients, this variation was significant. (2) Chiropractic Solutions looks at these types of issues when examining our San Jose back pain patients and neck pain patients.

CERVICAL SPINE and NECK PAIN

FRP and FRR can be evaluated in neck pain patients as well. In comparison to the lumbar spine’s FRP and FFR, differences in the reaction of cervical spine muscles were noted in pain patients versus asymptomatic volunteers. The cervical flexion relaxation phenomenon was seen in neck extensor muscles when in flexion. Persistent muscle contraction due to reduced flexion relaxation puts vertebral structures at risk due to too much loading. 84% of healthy subjects had FRP while only 36% of in-pain patients did. FRR was lower in neck pain patients, too. (3) Further, when contrasting computer workers with neck pain to those without neck pain to those who don’t do computer work, researchers deduced that computer use could raise the use of the semispinalis capitis during neck extension, making it a possible predictor of symptomatic neck musculoskeletal disorders as its activation was seen in both types of computer users’ necks. (4) Such a finding is useful to healthcare providers like your chiropractor to see what this muscle does on extension and guide our patients on how to improve the cervical extensor muscles.

RELIEF FOR NECK AND BACK PAIN

Cox® Technic is gentle, relieving San Jose chiropractic treatment for back and neck pain. Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Sean Delahunt on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with neck pain.   

CONTACT Chiropractic Solutions

Schedule your next San Jose chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Solutions. For relief of spine pain due to positional activities, our treatment plan decreases the pain and offers tips on how to lessen the risk of pain while doing what you want and have to do.