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)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc shrinks, resulting
in decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the the area of the spinal
cancal. A new paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, namely Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, enlarged
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 affected
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual
(though sometimes quicker or even immediate
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published
research like this are the forces behind our choice to use
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment approaches like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Apple Country Chiropractic 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 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 complement
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been the norm since 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, hands at the side, knees bent, then just 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 additional such exercises
in the series, but we’d be thrilled for
our new Williamson back pain patients to begin with these easy
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). Apple Country Chiropractic
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!