Researchers keep studying spinal manipulation
to more fully describe its contributions to pain
relief for sufferers with back pain, related leg pain, and neurological symptoms
that interfere with quality of life. Spinal manipulation (SM) eases
back pain (acute, chronic), back-related leg pain, quality of life,
neurological symptoms, and disability for sufferers. That is a
sentence full of promise with supporting research behind its claims. Most Chiropractic Clinic individualizes
a chiropractic treatment plan combining spinal manipulation oftentimes
the gentle form of Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression for
our Murfreesboro chiropractic patients after performing a detailed
examination. Murfreesboro pain relief is imaginable.
NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
Spinal pain patients as well as patients with
neurological disorders like stroke have neurological symptoms that respond
to spinal manipulation. Suffering with neurological symptoms impacts worldwide disability statistics and
personal well-being and quality of life. A narrative review noted
that most studies reported how spinal
manipulation eased spinal pain, may increase
strength in asymptomatic people, and reportedly affected
spasticity, muscle stiffness, motor function, autonomic function, and balance issues.
Of course, an invitation for more studies to support
these findings was issued. But the beneficial impact of spinal manipulation
on the quality of life for spine pain sufferers, those with balance issues, and
those with cerebral palsy were listed. (1) Such relief logically
influences back pain treatment guidelines with which your Murfreesboro
chiropractor confers to boost
your clinical back pain relief.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR BACK PAIN
Researchers scour the published
research papers to obtain the ones with reliability, coherence, etc.
A recent guideline for the treatment of low back pain resolved
that incorporating spinal manipulation in the care
of acute low back pain, chronic low back pain and chronic back-related leg pain
was successful as part of a multimodal approach.
Advice, reassurance, education, self-management, usual medical care, home
exercises, etc., were reported as beneficial
in enhancing relief of pain and disability. (2)
Guidelines like this for back pain must be based on research that explains
how relief is produced.
SPINAL MANIPULATION RELIEF FOR BACK PAIN
A current study proposes that how chronic low back
pain patients respond to SM stems from mechanisms
of centralization (central sensitization) that can be analyzed
via questionnaires, pressure pain threshold tests,
inflammatory cytokine tests, and patient expectations of relief. The researchers
anticipate being able to forecast patient
response. (3) Prior to this study, a narrative review found
that spinal manipulation in part inhibited neck pain and back
pain via spinal cord mechanisms of pain relief and queried the role of
peripheral mechanisms regulating inflammatory responses. (4) Both studies incorporated
placebo comparison but also noted that placebo and controls in
a spinal manipulation study are tough to mask
treatment versus no-treatment due to the hands-on character
of the treatment. An improved control/placebo could help define
the contribution of the effects of SM on
pain relief.
THE CHALLENGE OF PLACEBO
Back pain patients do not often question their
pain relief. They don’t often ask “Was it this?” or “Was it that?” that finally
sealed the deal on getting them out of pain, but
researchers know that the placebo effect may well play a role
based on patient expectations and conditioning. Researchers are now testing whether conditioning can enhance patient
outcomes by sharing the positive expectations of spinal
manipulation treatment. (5) What do you think? Most Chiropractic Clinic knows our chiropractic
patients can feel better understanding that their care is well-researched
and supported by clinical trials that showed positive clinical
outcomes for back pain relief.
CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors
Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the
relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient
with back pain and sciatica.
Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic
appointment today. Don’t let your quality of life suffer because
of your back pain, related leg pain and or neurological sypmatomatology.
Trust Most Chiropractic Clinic to fully examine your spine and set
a relieving treatment plan for its care.