Your Brain and Pain
Chronic low back pain (LBP) is associated with reduced brain grey matter and impaired cognitive function as compared to normal pain-free subjects. In simple terms, the longer you suffer low back pain the more likely you will develop a reduction in the size of your brain and its capacity to process attention demanding tasks.
The brain controls motion. The brain develops abnormal muscle recruitment and sequencing patterns in response to pain. In other words people in pain recruit the “wrong muscles in the wrong order” as compared with people who have no pain.
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Low back pain is the number one cause of disability
October 15, 2018 by manager • Newsletters Tags: low back pain, lower back pain •
In 2013 the Lancet medical journal rated severe low back pain (LBP) as the number one cause of disability world wide. After LBP related disability, the top causes of disability were major depression (mental health), iron deficiency, HIV, diabetes and war. Back in 1961 heart disease was the number one cause of disability followed by neurological disorders, mental health, cancer and low back pain. This newsletter grapples with the increased incidence of LBP related disability, the predictors and preventers of LBP disability.
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