December 2020 Healthy News from Most Chiropractic Clinic Help for Depression and Calf Cramps
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” or so the song goes. Whether it’s due to being 2020 or having normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year might not be so wonderful for you. Symptoms of depression (agitation, insomnia, anxiety, high adrenalin, high cortisol) are reportedly due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system. A recent study on the effect of chiropractic and spinal manipulation along with vagal nerve stimulation presented some optimistic news. These approaches may well be positive treatment options for depression via regulation of the autonomic nervous system which chiropractic care and spinal manipulation do at the peripheral nervous system level and spread to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system thereby can counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known to be essential for anti-depressive therapies’ effectiveness. (1) What does all this really mean? Come in for a Murfreesboro chiropractic visit for Murfreesboro back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Leave with a little more cheer. For this wonderful time of year, we want a happy Santa…and a happy you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, chiropractic back pain specialist and developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system and other conditions it impacts like depression.
Murfreesboro CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps
Calf cramps are painful! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often experience calf cramps, interrupting valuable sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles prone to cramps reduced cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity was helpful! It does not take much. 55% and 85% were effective as well. The reduction in cramps was linked to an increase in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study verified what a 2018 study discovered as well. (3) If calf cramps bother you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Most Chiropractic Clinic has a treatment plan for them!
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Schedule your next Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment now with Most Chiropractic Clinic. With much gratitude, we wish you the most wonderful holiday season!