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Rehabilitation and Exercise Prescription
A spinal stabilization exercise involves the use of back exercises designed to teach patients strengthening and flexibility within a pain-free range of movement.
While the primary focus is to help the patient with efficient movement, it also improves the patient’s physical condition and symptoms. It provides the patient with a keen awareness of movement of his or her spine, knowledge of safe spinal postures, and functional muscular strengthening and coordination that promotes healthy management of back pain.
The components of this program include the use of an exercise ball, range of motion exercises, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and strength training exercises.
The exercise prescription includes aerobic, resistance and stretching components.
Aerobic exercise such as brisk walking, bicycling, jogging, running, swimming, aerobics and rowing will be prescribed depending on the patient’s level of fitness and health status.
Resistance exercise such as free weights or machines will be recommended, with a gradual progression under supervision and instruction until the techniques have been mastered.
Stretching exercises will be prescribed to perform during work activities and on completion of aerobic and resistance activities to improve and maintain flexibility, in addition to preventing a recurrence of symptoms.
Neurac ™ Sling Exercise Therapy
Chiropaedic is at the head of the trend from passive to active treatment. The emphasis is on bridging the gap between treatment and personal exercise and to develop a unifying principle for the entire rehabilitation process. The goal is to make the process more cost-effective and reduce the risk of relapse.
Neurac ™ Sling Exercise Therapy (S-E-T) is a new model that is helping to renew Chiropractic and greatly emphasizes on secondary prevention. Neurac ™ S-E-T is used by elderly and weak patients as well as young and vigorous elite athletes, and is a very effective way to build a strong and stable body.
Neuromuscular reactivation is a new treatment model that is based on Neurac ™ and that often provides spontaneous improvement of functioning, relief of pain, and more long-lasting recovery from musculoskeletal ailments.
Chiropaedic is proud to be the first and only Chiropractic practise in Australia to utilize the Neurac ™ system, which aims to make preventive and performance enhancing training possible for ordinary people as well as elite athletes.
References:
- “S-E-T is a new concept developed over a long time with a holistic approach to treating injuries and chronic ailments.” Kirkesola G. Fysioterapeuten, 2000; 12: 9-16.
- “A specific exercise treatment approach appears more effective than other commonly prescribed conservative treatment programs in patients with chronically symptomatic spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis.” O’Sullivan P.B, D.M.G., Twomey L.T., Allison G.T.Spine; 1997; 22 (24):2959-2967. Evaluation of Specific Stabilizing Exercises in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain with Radiologic Diagnosis of Spondylolysis or Spondylolisthesis.
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