CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Degenerated disc. Spinal stenosis. Back Pain. What do they
have in common…besides pain? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc reduces, resulting
in reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the the area of the spinal
cancal. A new paper detailed
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 reported that chiropractic
flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal modifications
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent
(though occasionally quicker or even instantaneous
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
research like this are the forces behind our choice to use
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 Back And Neck Care Center
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding research
investigator in Cox® Technic research projects, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he details 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 frequently recommended exercises to strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to round out
their in-office chiropractic treatment. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard since the 1930s as they limit lumbar
extension while improving lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A common
exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, keeping
hands along the side of the body and bending the knees with feet flat on the
floor, then just tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The next would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are additional such exercises
in the series, but we’d be thrilled for
our new Severna Park back pain patients to begin with these easy
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). Back And Neck Care Center
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 anticipate
seeing you and your spine this month!