Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that lingers
or returns after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving
effective. And Cox® Technic as offered at our Williamson
chiropractic clinic is getting noticed for its pain-alleviating
outcomes!
So have you had back surgery? Do you still
experience back pain…or has it come back? You’re not alone, especially in wanting the pain gone. Some will choose more
medical selections like surgery or pain meds or physical therapy,
etc. Others will try to find non-medical options like spinal
manipulation. A new meta-analysis of published data on the kinds
of
spinal manipulation applied to treat back pain patients
with persistent spine pain after lumbar surgery concluded
that spinal manipulation practitioners chose to use potentially
gentler non-thrust techniques –
85% chose flexion-distraction (aka Cox® Technic)
– instead of thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69
post-surgical patients treated with Cox® Technic recorded
that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment period 81% of the
patients got more than 50% relief of pain. The mean
percent of relief was 71.6% at the end
of care and 70% at 2-year-follow-up. The relief continued!
(2)
The frustration of back pain is understandable. The frustration
of back pain after back surgery that was anticipated to get rid
of it is even more frustrating. Apple Country Chiropractic proposes
Cox® Technic to reduce the pain…
and the frustration!Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the help his
patient got with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Another Reason to Be Up on Your Vitamin D!
LBP And Disc Degeneration
Higher vitamin D levels were documented to be
linked with better physical performance in low back pain (LBP)
sufferers with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Researchers measured
vitamin D levels and muscle strength in 200 participants. Those low in vitamin D took more time in the gait
speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women with vitamin D deficiency (particularly those with below 10 ng/mL which indicated severe LDD and LBP) are noted
to have LBP and LDD. If they smoked, had a high body mass index, osteoporosis,
and no D supplementation, the moderate to severe pain was more.
(4) Another report stated that frailty status and physical
performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly associated
with vitamin D concentration. (5) Apple Country Chiropractic asks: What’s
your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Make your next Williamson
chiropractic visit with Apple Country Chiropractic soon.
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