CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you have back pain?
Spinal stenosis? Degenerative disc disease? Do you know what they have in
common (besides pain)? Reduced spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc shrinks, leading to a reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst affects the spinal canal area. A new paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, expanded
the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction increased spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal modifications
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual
(though sometimes quicker or even instantaneous
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published
research like this are the forces behind our using
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment options like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to Most Chiropractic Clinic
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the principal research
investigator in Cox® Technic studies, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes the research behind The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise to Open Lumbar Spinal Canal Area
Back pain sufferers are regularly advised
to perform exercise that strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to complement
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been the norm for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they restrict lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A common
exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, keeping
hands along the side of the body and bending the knees with feet flat on the
floor, then simply tighten ab
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The following exercise would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but we’d be excited for
our new Murfreesboro back pain patients to start with these simple
moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and set a treatment plan, of course). Most Chiropractic Clinic
looks forward to talking soon about you and your spinal
stenotic, disc degenerative spine and any exercises that may help!
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Have a wonderful February! We look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!