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Can Wearing Your Woolies Help Ease Your Low Back Pain? This Peer-Reviewed Study Says Yes!
The tenacious nature of chronic low back pain (LBP) makes it one of the most commonly reported medical complaints of adults over 40. While in many cases health care providers can identify the specific root cause of LBP and prescribe effective treatment, a vast majority of LBP complaints are non-specific in nature, meaning they cannot be linked to an identifiable source.
Non-specific LBP is most commonly treated with analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammato other health problems.
In a 2012 Turkish study, researchers wanted to cold or during temperature change, particularly at night.
The Study
Participants were 48 patients with chronic non-specific low back pain who volunteered for the study. There was no statistically significant difference between participant demographic and baseline characteristics such as age, gender, education, employment status, disease duration body weight and pain levels.
Participants were randomly assigned to record all medications taken during the study period, including analgesics, NSAIDs and muscle relaxants.
A pre-test was conducted for all participants using a questionnaire form, pain scale assessment, the Oswestry Disability Index (a questionnaire assessing pain and mobility levels) and the Schober test (a physical test assessing low back range of motion). The same battery of assessments was done at the end of two months, at the conclusion of the study.
The Findings
After two months, the treatment group who wore the woolen underwear showed significant reductions in pain intensity and disability, and significant improvements in lower back flexibility. Moreover, the control group recorded taking more analgesics, NSAIDs and muscle relaxants over the course of the study than the treatment group.
Researchers speculated that the added warmth provided by the woolen underwear was responsible for reduced muscle tension and stiffness, which in turn reduced pain and disability. They suggest that woolen underwear may be a cost-efficient and effective treatment for patients complaining of chronic non-specific LBP.
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In this instance, an athlete was originally diagnosed with minor quadriceps muscle strain and was treated for four weeks, with unsatisfactory results. When he came to our clinic, the muscle was not healing, and the patients’ muscle tissue had already begun to atrophy.
Upon examination using MSUS, we discovered that he had a full muscle thickness tear that had been overlooked by his previous provider. To mitigate damage and promote healing, surgery should have been performed immediately after the injury occurred. Because of misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, the patient now has permanent damage that cannot be corrected.
The most important advantage of Ultrasound over MRI imaging is its ability to zero in on the symptomatic region and obtain imaging, with active participation and feedback from the patient. Using dynamic MSUS, we can see what happens when patients contract their muscles, something that cannot be done with MRI. From a diagnostic perspective, this interaction is invaluable.
Dynamic ultrasonography examination demonstrating the full thickness tear and already occurring muscle atrophy due to misdiagnosis and not referring the patient to proper diagnostic workup
Demonstration of how very small muscle defect is made and revealed to be a complete tear with muscle contraction under diagnostic sonography (not possible with MRI)
Complete tear of rectus femoris with large hematoma (blood)
Separation of muscle ends due to tear elicited on dynamic sonography examination
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