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)? Reduced spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc reduces, leading to a decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst affects the spinal canal area. A new paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, increased
the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 reported that chiropractic
flexion distraction improved spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal alterations
set the scene for impacted
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual
(though occasionally faster or even instantaneous
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
research like this are the forces behind our using
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 Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the main 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 advised
to perform exercise that strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to enhance
their in-office chiropractic treatment. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been the norm for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they control lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A typical
exercise series would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then just tighten ab
and gluteal muscles while pushing the spine flat against
the floor. The following exercise 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 Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation be excited for
our new Tonawanda back pain patients to begin with these easy
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and establish a treatment plan, of course). Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
looks forward to meeting you soon and learning more about your spine, degenerated
disc, and/or spinal stenosis and sharing any exercises that may help!
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Have a wonderful February! We look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!