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McHenry Back Pain Patients Favorite Question: Why? Research Answers

Our McHenry chiropractic clients want to know “why”! Why do I have back pain?Why do I keep getting back pain? Outstanding questions that may oftentimes be answered with examination findings that line up with research-documented findings. Research can help explain that, and OrthoIllinois Chiropractic works to keep abreast of the newest (with a healthy gratitude of the past!)  research to communicate with you! Let OrthoIllinois Chiropractic work with you to get some insights as to why you suffer with spine-related pain…and how we can facilitate your path to get some relief of chronic back pain.

RESEARCHERS CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS

Today’s medical literature and researchers are requesting more information on ‘why” manual therapy is successful beyond current studies supporting the peripheral, segmental spinal, and supraspinal mechanisms which can be measured. A group of researchers studied published reviews of other studies involving the mechanism of how manual therapy influences a body. They uncovered support for neurovascular, neurological, and neuropeptide/neuroimmune changes as well as the value of pain reduction with manual therapy. (1) All of these findings are amazing! They want to understand more.

RESEARCH ON THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES

OrthoIllinois Chiropractic appreciates the efforts of a group of researchers who have been studying the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and beneficial results. At the ACC-RAC annual chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two platform abstracts were delivered on Cox® Technic studies. One showed the ability to assess lumbar spinous process movement with ultrasound during the administration of flexion distraction manipulation. The researchers noted separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second one presented how they are competent to assess the forces delivered during the Cox Technic FDD spinal manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were relieved. (3) The more measurements possible, the more understanding of “why” something works will evolve! We are so excited to share with our McHenry chiropractic patients!

FOLLOWING GUIDELINES

Another group of researchers plan to examine how applying guidelines from the American College of Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the treatment of low back pain. The guideline has been around for a long time, but it’s not been put into action. A study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke, Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra.  The first line treatment endorsed is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation (which is chiropractic forte!) and exercise. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic looks forward to this study’s outcomes! It’s time!

CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocolson The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, its development, its foundational research, its current research, and its futuristic studies using ultrasound measurement, force application monitoring, and more.

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