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 reduces, resulting
in decreased 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 new paper explained
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 reported that chiropractic
flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal tranformations
made more space for involved spinal elements like
spinal nerves to glide leading to subsequent
(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.
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc 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 frequently advised
to perform exercise that strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to supplement
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they limit lumbar
extension while enhancing 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 following exercise would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are additional such exercises
in the series, but Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc be excited for
our new Fort Wayne back pain patients to start with these easy
exercises on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and set a treatment plan, of course). Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
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 anticipate
seeing you and your spine this month!