Low Back Pain

Physical Therapy News and Education from Muscle IQ Physical Therapy

Doctor of Physical Therapy, Chris Knudsen, provides useful insight and analysis of today's top health stories affecting you. Dr. Chris gives his take on recent research articles that pop up in the news, as well as helpful tips for those looking for pain relief from low back pain, neck pain, and other injuries.

Back Pain Keeps Returning? Why the Deep Muscles Deserve a Check — Muscle IQ in Orem

Your back finally calmed down. You stopped thinking about it and got back to the yard, the gym, the long drive up I-15. Then, a few months later, there it is again. Same spot. Same catch when you bend. If you have been through that more than once, you may have wondered what you are doing wrong. There may be a different question worth asking: what if the pain went away, but something underneath never fully came back? The Muscles You Cannot Feel Deep along your spine sit small

Dr Chris Knudsen

Oct 154 min read

Back Pain Gone, But Is the Muscle Still Off? — Muscle IQ in Orem

Your back went out last spring. Maybe it was a weekend of yard work in Orem, or a long drive up to Salt Lake. A few weeks later it settled down, you went back to normal life, and you figured that was the end of it. Then it happened again. If that sounds familiar, there may be a reason that has nothing to do with how careful you were. Meet the Muscle Nobody Talks About Deep along your spine sits a series of small muscles called the multifidus (MUL-TIF-ih-dus). You cannot see t

Dr Chris Knudsen

Oct 13 min read

Stubborn Low Back Pain in Orem — What Scans Miss and Muscle IQ Tests For

You have had the back pain long enough that you stopped describing it precisely. It is not a spot. It is a band, a region, something across the low back that gets loud after a long drive down I-15 or an afternoon of yard work in an Orem August. The scan came back unremarkable. No one could point to the thing that hurts. So it got called non-specific low back pain, and you were sent home to strengthen your core. There is a structure across your low back that rarely comes up in

Dr Chris Knudsen

Aug 84 min read

Ultrasound Imaging at Muscle IQ — Seeing the Deep Muscles X-Rays Miss

The deep muscles that keep your back stable can quietly switch off after injury. See how real-time ultrasound imaging at Muscle IQ in Orem finds them.

Dr Chris Knudsen

Jul 83 min read