Massage Chairs Assist Sufferers of Low Back Pain
Many people do not realize that lower back pain affects almost everyone at some point in their life. In fact, $50 billion is spent annually to diagnose and treat lower back pain in the United States. The most common cause of lower back pain is job related disability. Treating lower back pain can involve a variety of techniques including the use of massage chairs. Massage chairs provide an effective and reliable massage therapy treatment for some conditions of lower back pain.
What is lower back pain? Lower back pain can be either acute or chronic. Acute is a short term problem lasting a few days to a few weeks. Chronic back pain can last weeks or months. Some forms are progressive and can go on for years.
The majority of cases of low back pain are treated by chiropractors. Chiropractors use only natural methods to restore the health of the spine. Chiropractors do not perform surgery. Doctors of osteopath are the type of doctors that would perform low back surgery.
A doctor of Osteopath is a specialist in musculoskeletal problems particularly the joints. A chiropractor is also specialists in musculoskeletal and problems with a specialty in the spine. Both types of doctors are specialists in spinal health and either is qualified to treat lower back pain.
There are wide variety of conditions and situations given the complexity of the spine and the muscles and soft tissue areas. Treatments vary depending on each individual situation. If you have low back pain you should check with your medical specialist and see what treatments may be right for you.
In most situations where the soft tissue has sufficient strength (i.e. not damaged from an injury) massage chairs are used to help increase the flexibility of the soft tissues. Normally, your spine will evenly distribute your weight across the spinal column. Lower back pain is the result of a concentration of force or uneven distribution of weight on the lumbar region.
When people have low back pain the weight of their body has been disproportionately put on a small area. This small area is usually the lower back that takes the full weight of the body. Normally the weight of the body is distributed across the spine. This causes those muscles to become stiff which then need treatment to make them more flexible.
The key to a natural treatment is getting the patient to not continue to put this concentration of force on the lumbar area. With the source of aggravation removed, then the treatment concentrates on regaining flexibility of the soft tissues of the spine. Massage chairs enable treatments such as the application of heat, traction systems and of course massage therapy.
Massage chairs come with a variety of techniques to help with spinal health. Many massage chairs have traction systems. For instance, you can stretch out the lower body from the hips to the ankles. There are also stretching systems for the arms and shoulders. Massage chairs also have options to apply heat to different parts of the body.
Massage chairs are used to warm up the lower back muscles and to make them more flexible. This helps to improve range of motion of the spine. Massage chairs are used by chiropractors for their patients prior to spinal adjustments. This makes the adjustment easier when the muscles are not stiff. There are a number of positive treatments with massage chairs and they can also be used in the home for periodic relief of back aches and pain.
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