Beside the muscular strength, the coordinative system plays an important role for a painfree functioning of our spine as well. In this context coordination means skilfulness, which is a powerful protection tool of our central nerve system to avoid falls in fast, unexpected movements (like stumbling or slipping away).

How can we measure, if your spinal function lacks regarding your coordinative skills?
We get the basis information out of the physician-patient-talk, where we will talk about how former acute backpain episodes started, but also which kind of sport you did in your former life. In the test result of the assessment of the maximum strength we will look to the grade of synchronisation of the lumbar muscle fibres respectively how accurate you can reproduce a measurement in a test-retest-setting.

When we stumble while jogging in the woods or slip on an hidden ice-plate we nearly exclusively need the small, deep spinal muscles (Mm.multifidii, Mm.rotatorii, M.transversus abdominis,..) to keep our balance. As these muscles cannot be activated consciously but just reflexively, the optimal testing method should take this into account.

For more than 15 years we have been using the MICROSWING-measuring system for this purpose. Together with the sensomotoric tool POSTUROMED it is a reproducible test tool for the activity of these small backmuscles. Linking the subjective information out of the talk with Dr. Stengg with the objective values out of this test together with the maximum strength and strength endurance values, we have all necessary facts, to create the optimum individual training therapy program for you.