Help for San Jose Back Pain's Fatty Paraspinal Muscles
If you experience chronic back pain, like many other San Jose back pain patients, odds are you’ve heard of paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate. This spinal issue can cause a lot of discomfort and can even result in gait disturbances. In this blog post, we will take a closer look at paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate and how it is associated with lumbar spinal stenosis and its treatment with spinal manipulation available at Chiropractic Solutions.
WHAT IS PARASPINAL MUSCLE FATTY INFILTRATE?
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is an accumulation of fat within the muscle tissues around the spine. Genetics or aging are often culprits of this condition, but it can also be activated by lifestyle factors such as 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 involve low back pain, stiffness in the lower back and legs, or difficulty walking due to gait disturbances since gait depends 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) A leading spinal issue affecting more than 500 million people over 65 years old, lumbar spinal stenosis, is linked to distorted gait as gait depends on strong muscle activity. (2) San Jose chiropractic patients know Chiropractic Solutions checks for gait issues during our chiropractic exam.
PARASPINAL FATTY INFILTRATE AND LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate can be related to lumbar spinal stenosis—a narrowing of the spinal canal that puts pressure on nerve roots and causes pain and other symptoms in the lower back and legs – and resultant San Jose 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 its 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 linked to other factors like a person with back pain being older, male, or having a higher BMI. (4) Chiropractic Solutions offers relieving chiropractic treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis and its back pain.
LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS & SPINAL MANIPULATION
There are various treatment options for spinal stenosis depending on severity and the healthcare practitioner who was seen from nutrition, surgery, exercise, drugs, and/or spinal manipulation and mobilization. One study described that one treatment of spinal manipulation was found to significantly decrease spinal stiffness and increased the multifidus muscle thickness ratio that maintained for more than 7 days in spinal manipulation responders. (5) Your San Jose 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 Chiropractic Solutions
Paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate is a common condition that can trigger a range of issues including low back pain, stiffness in the lower body, and gait disturbances. It is sometimes associated with lumbar spinal stenosis. If you have any symptoms related to paraspinal muscle fatty infiltrate or lumbar spinal stenosis, it's time to visit with your San Jose chiropractor at Chiropractic Solutions about your treatment options so you can find relief as fast as possible. Make your appointment today!
