CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Degenerated disc. Spinal stenosis. Back Pain. What do they
have in common…besides pain? Reduced spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc shrinks, resulting
in reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the spinal canal area. A newly published paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, increased
the spinal canal area and created vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal modifications
set the scene for impacted
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent
(though occasionally quicker or even immediate
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.
Chiropractic Care invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal
stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding researcher in Cox® Technic studies, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he details 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 frequently advised
to perform exercise that strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to round out
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they control lumbar
extension while improving lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A common
exercise series 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 just tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while pushing the spine flat against
the floor. The next would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but Chiropractic Care be excited for
our new West Palm Beach 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). Chiropractic Care
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!