CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you suffer with back pain?
Spinal stenosis? Degenerative disc disease? Do you know what they have in
common (besides pain)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc diminishes, 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 recently published paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, namely 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 improved spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal tranformations
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent
(though sometimes faster or even immediate
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
research like this are the forces behind our use of
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 The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
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 often recommended exercises to strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to enhance
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 improving lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A typical
exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then simply tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The next would be a knee-chest motion (pulling
one knee to chest then the other knee then both knees to chest) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR be excited for
our new Colorado Springs back pain patients to begin with these easy
exercises on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR
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!