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

Working on a computer for a long time. Sitting for a long time. Bending over a project for too long. All sorts of positional issues may start back pain or neck pain. Spine researchers discuss flexion relaxation ratios (FRR) and flexion relaxation phenomena (FRP) that occur with such irritations of the neck and low back.  Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is ready to help reduce Pensacola neck pain and back pain with our chiropractic services as well as help troubleshoot ways to reduce the risk of pain when doing movements you have to do all day or things you want to do occasionally but know they’re irritating to your back or neck.

LUMBAR SPINE and LOW BACK PAIN: Sitting

The curiosity of spinal pain researchers brings about some interesting questions like does sitting for an hour bring about pain in patients with a history of back pain (but don’t have back pain currently) versus those without. They didn’t see a difference in the flexion relaxation ratio (FRR) they measured but think that may be because an hour wasn’t long enough to bring on pain in the history-of-back-pain patients. (1) Hum? A reduction of the paraspinal muscle activity at maximum flexion demonstrates the related flexion relaxation phenomenon (FRP). An analysis of 48 published studies on this topic documented that nonspecific low back pain patients’ FRP was modified. Compared to asymptomatic patients, this difference was significant. (2) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center examines these types of issues in our Pensacola back pain patients and neck pain patients.

CERVICAL SPINE and NECK PAIN

FRP and FRR can be measured in neck pain patients, too. In comparison to the lumbar spine’s FRP and FFR, cervical spine muscle reaction differences were noted in patients with pain versus volunteers who don’t have pain. The cervical flexion relaxation phenomenon was noted in neck extensor muscles when in flexion. Persistent muscle contraction due to diminished flexion relaxation places 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 less in neck pain patients, too. (3) Further, when contrasting computer workers with neck pain to those without neck pain to those who do not computer work, researchers concluded that computer use could increase the use of the semispinalis capitis during neck extension, making it a possible predictor of symptomatic neck musculoskeletal disorders as its activation was found 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 counsel our patients on how to strengthen the cervical extensor muscles.

RELIEF FOR NECK AND BACK PAIN

Cox® Technic is gentle, relieving Pensacola 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 describes the effective, gentle treatment with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with neck pain.   

CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center

Schedule your next Pensacola chiropractic appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. For relief of spine pain due to positional activities, our treatment plan reduces the pain and offers tips on how to lessen the risk of pain while doing what you want and have to do.