Is McHenry Spinal Traction Face Down Or Face Up Best? Face Down!
Face up? Face down? When handling neck pain or low back pain that is a question for your McHenry chiropractor and for the spine researcher (and occasionally the curious patient!) as to which position is most beneficial. For the McHenry back pain specialist who is a hands-on treating doctor, prone (face down) is more useful so he or she is able to get his or her hands on the spine. For your McHenry spine specialist, prone is definitely desired as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation is offered. At OrthoIllinois Chiropractic prone spinal care is our back pain relief specialty, and research agrees!
ADVANTAGES OF PRONE TREATMENT
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic bases its McHenry chiropractic treatment on research. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic keeps abreast of13 new spinal care research. In a new study of traction, patient-rated disability and pain scores demonstrated that traction in the prone position brought about immediate and significant improvements. (1) Another study found that a hallmark of spinal traction could lie in the fluid exchange in the disc as trunk muscle activity is minimal. (2) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic notes the positives of relaxing the trunk muscles, improving the fluid exchange in the disc (as OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is well aware that nutrition of the disc counts on this and is the reason disc nutrition supplementation is regularly recommended as part of the treatment plan), and distracting the spine.
COX TECHNIC PRONE MANIPULATION
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic uses an exceptional form of spinal distraction called Cox Technic that is documented in the medical research literature and gentle in its relief of back pain and neck pain. In using Cox Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation for back pain relief, your McHenry chiropractor has you lie prone (face down) on a specially designed chiropractic treatment table that has a non-moving chest support piece and movable support piece for your legs. Researchers note that the proper forces a chiropractor is to apply to the lumbar or cervical spine on this type of table with Cox Technic can be instructed consistently for clinical reproducibility by chiropractors like yours at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. This means a patient can be treated by one proficient chiropractor like another proficient chiropractor. (3,4,5) Your McHenry chiropractor is so trained. Applying the appropriate forces allows the best chance to replicate the clinical back pain relief for McHenry low back pain patients as chiropractic researchers have documented in their research projects. That is thrilling to your McHenry chiropractor and alleviating to the McHenry chiropractic patients at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic!
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Listen to this PODCAST about a Cox® Technic physician’s own experience with Cox Technic as well as his patient's whose improvement actually accelerated with prone spine manipulation treatment with Cox® Technic because supine (face up) treatment worsened his pain.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic visit with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic today. Your McHenry back pain relief treatment plan incorporates chiropractic treatment in the prone/face down position with Cox® Technic.
