Fort Wayne Back Pain Patients Favorite Question: Why? Research Answers

April 29, 2025

Our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients want to know “why”! Why do I suffer with back pain? Why does back pain keep coming back? Understandable questions that may oftentimes be answered with examination findings aligned with research-documented findings. Research can help explain that, and Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc works to keep abreast of the latest (with a healthy appreciation of the older!) research to communicate with you! Let Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc work with you to get some understanding as to why you suffer with spine-related pain…and how we can help you get some relief of chronic back pain.

RESEARCHERS CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS

Today’s medical literature and researchers are requesting more info on ‘why” manual therapy is successful beyond current studies supporting the peripheral, segmental spinal, and supraspinal mechanisms which can be measured. A group of researchers analyzed published reviews of other studies regarding the mechanism of how manual therapy affects a body. They found support for neurovascular, neurological, and neuropeptide/neuroimmune modifications as well as the value of pain reduction with manual therapy. (1) All of these discoveries are amazing! They want to understand more.

RESEARCH ON THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES

Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc values the efforts of a group of researchers who have been looking at the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and beneficial results. At the ACC-RAC chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two platform abstracts were presented about Cox® Technic. One discussed the ability to measure lumbar spinous process movement with ultrasound during the administration of flexion distraction manipulation. The researchers noted separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second one discussed how they are competent to measure the forces delivered throughout the Cox® Technic FDD spinal manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were relieved. (3) The more measurements done, the more understanding of “why” something works will evolve! We are so excited to share with our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients!

FOLLOWING GUIDELINES

Another group of researchers plan to test how applying guidelines from the American College of Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the treatment of low back pain. The guideline has been in the literature for a long time, but it’s not been implemented. A study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke, Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment recommended is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation and exercise. (4) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc looks forward to this study’s outcomes! It’s time!

CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, its development, its foundational research, its current research, and its futuristic studies using ultrasound measurement, force application observing, and more.

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