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Healthy News November 2022

McHenry chiropractic spinal manipulation treatment may be noisy...or not! SMT is effective either way. 

The Illusive Pop of Spinal Manipulation

“To Pop or Not to Pop” is of course a twist on an age-old Shakespearean quote for an age-old chiropractic spinal manipulation discussion point. The answer today is that it is not a necessary measure of back pain relief via spinal manipulation treatment (SMT), yet back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know all they can. Present-day guidelines for handling low back pain stress patient education and exercise as important issues. Healthcare practitioners are pretty good (72% overall) at sharing information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in providing patient education for 76% of patients with physical therapists at 74% and general practitioners at just 44%. The more emotional distress a patient showed or pain described as below the knee, information was shared with 78% of patients. (1) An important topic for McHenry back pain and neck pain patients undergoing spinal manipulation treatment (SMT) is this sometimes-audible pop. A systematic review of published studies revealed that regardless of the spinal area or follow-up time after the SMT, nothing was found that showed evidence of improved pain outcomes or treatment success associated with an audible pop. (2) This is good to know since some patients have it, and some don’t. Patients whose practitioners told them about the audible pop - and others who weren’t spinal manipulation patients - reported curious theories of what created that sound and had overemphasized ideas of its importance. (3) Instead of the question “To pop or not to pop?” the better question for you and your McHenry chiropractor might “Is there pain relief or not?” With our gentle chiropractic care, there is pain relief for many McHenry back pain and neck pain sufferers. Let’s talk about all of this at your next chiropractic visit at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

OrthoIllinois Chiropractic shares new research about the effect of vitamin D on adrenal health and function. 

[[CHIROPRACTIC]] TIP OF THE MONTH: 
Vitamin D for Adrenal Gland Support

Vitamin D is in favor and abundantly researched beyond its earlier role of supporting phospho-calcium metabolism and skeletal bone disorders.  Today, research has well-established vitamin D as a hormone and recounted vitamin D as influential for various diseases from cancer, inflammation, and autoimmunity (Hashimoto’s, Graves’, diabetes) to adrenal gland health and disease (Cushing’s, Addison’s). (4) The adrenal gland has two main parts: (A) The adrenal cortex makes cortisol which controls the sleep/wake cycle, body’s use of fats/proteins/carbs, inflammation, blood pressure as well as raises blood sugar and reduces bone formation. (B) The adrenal medulla produces “stress hormones” epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) in charge of the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues keep people awake at night…literally! Although not yet conclusive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in a new study to support adrenal health. (6) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is ready to talk about vitamin D and any adrenal gland issues you may be experiencing.  

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