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Strengthening Multifidus and
Transversus Muscles |
| How do you strengthen these muscles? While a very
specific exercise set can help, the multifidus and transversus are very
deep and can be difficult to feel. The best method for retraining of these
spinal stabilizers is to use ultrasound imaging (not therapeutic
ultrasound, but rather the same type of diagnostic ultrasound that's used
to "see" babies in the womb). This technology allows the patient to
visualize the muscles and then learn how to isolate them. |
| Our program is as follows: |
| Step 1-Identification of
Transversus and Deep Multifidus via ultrasound imaging. |
| Step 2-Ultrasound imaging
biofeedback to allow patients to isolate these muscles. |
| Step 3-Adding in functional
activities with ultrasound imaging to ensure spinal stability. |
| Step 4-Testing and training
pre-contraction of these stabilizers on Computerized Dynamic
Posturography. |
| Step 5-Home program with
increasing difficult functional activities. |
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