Understanding the Relationship Between Muscle Strength and Pain from Loading the Spine
Channel: Synergy+ Physical Therapy & Pilates Studio
Date: 07/10/2023

Understanding the Relationship Between Muscle Strength and Pain from Loading the Spine.

Pain from loading occurs when there's insufficient muscle strength for the demand:

- an exercise that causes muscle strain; 
- if there's an underlying disk injury bulge or herniation even at a mild state can then progress into something much worse, with too much load;
- underlying disc degeneration, this you're going to see mainly in that older age population; 
- anybody with a sacroiliac dysfunction can have pain from loading the SI joint;  
- somebody with hypermobility, dysfunction will naturally have decreased intrinsic support so they won't be able to sustain their body in a good posture with heavy load; 
- osteoporosis is loading on the bones that we don't want; 
- ribs thoracic dysfunction could cause pain with too much load there as well; 
- and stenosis depending on the cause of the stenosis, which could be from a disk issue that might cause pain with overload as well.