Electrical nerve stimulation:
A type of physical therapy treatment that utilizes various frequencies and wave forms of electrical current, which have therapeutic effects on the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.
Electromyography (EMG):
Procedure that tests nerves and muscles providing information to help determine if surgery may be required.
Endorphins:
Chemical messengers released by the body during vigorous exercise that stimulate the brain to feel good, happy and relaxed.
Energy expenditure:
The amount of energy, measured in calories, that a person uses. Calories are used by people to breathe, circulate blood, digest food, and be physically active.
Epidural Injection:
Into the spinal column but outside of the spinal cord.
Exercise:
Exercise is physical activity that is planned or structured. It involves repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness: cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility and body composition.
Exercise Therapy:
A form of chiropractic treatment used to help manage pain, rehabilitate damaged soft tissues, such as muscles, ligament, and tendons, and restore normal range of motion and function.
Extensor Muscles:
Muscles that cause your joints to straighten, such as the back and gluteus muscles that help keep your back straight.