Spinecare Topics
Spinal Exercises
Protect Your Back with Careful and Controlled Movements During Exercise
Attempt to maintain the spine’s natural curves during exercise and daily activities. If you are strength training, adjust the seat height and angle so that your back is at a comfortable setting during the exercise. Listen to your body during postural exercises throughout the day.
EXERCISE TRAINING:
The primary long-term goal of spinal rehabilitation is to restore the patient to their pre-injury function and reduce the chances of persistent or recurrent problems. Repetitive stress applied to a spinal region that suffered previous injury can accelerate the degenerative process. During the course of spinal rehabilitation exercises are used stabilize the spine. This is accomplished by increasing trunk muscle strength and endurance (care strength and endurance). The patient will learn to use voluntary muscles to help maintain pain-free postures while they go through their normal day. Once a comfortable position is found and muscular control is initiated, the patient can be asked to perform a variety of tasks.
Exercises should be implemented early in the course of care to reduce the risks associated with deconditioning. The attending physician should recommend an exercise program with progressive increase of resistance throughout the full range of pain free motion. This can be accomplished using free weights, weight machines, body weight and bands.
A supervised spinal rehabilitation program begins with direct supervision with the patient been seeing as often as 3-5 times per week. As the patient improves the frequent of care is dialed down.
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