CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you suffer with 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, resulting
in decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst diminishes the the area of the spinal
cancal. A new paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, enlarged
the spinal canal area and created vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction improved spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal changes
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent
(though sometimes faster or even immediate
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
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.
Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the principal 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 regularly recommended exercises to strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to round out
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard since the 1930s as they limit lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A common
exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then just tighten ab
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The next would be a knee-chest motion (pulling
one knee to chest then the other knee then both knees to chest) exercise. (2) There are additional such exercises
in the series, but OrthoIllinois Chiropractic be excited for
our new McHenry back pain patients to begin with these simple
exercises on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and set a treatment plan, of course). OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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!