Researchers keep studying spinal manipulation
to more fully explain how it contributes to pain
relief for sufferers with back pain, related leg pain, and neurological symptoms
that disrupt quality of life. Spinal manipulation (SM) eases
back pain (acute, chronic), back-related leg pain, quality of life,
neurological symptoms, and disability for sufferers. That is a
sentence full of potential which has research
support behind its claims. Back And Neck Care Center personalizes
a chiropractic treatment plan combining spinal manipulation mantimes
the gentle type of Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression for
our Severna Park chiropractic patients after performing a detailed
examination. Severna Park pain relief is imaginable.
NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
Spinal pain patients as well as patients experiencing
neurological disorders like stroke have neurological symptoms that respond
to spinal manipulation. Experiencing neurological symptoms contributes
to worldwide disability statistics and
personal well-being and quality of life. A narrative review noted
that most studies reported the mechanism by which spinal
manipulation decreased spinal pain, may increase
strength in asymptomatic people, and reportedly impacted
spasticity, muscle stiffness, motor function, autonomic function, and balance challenges.
Of course, an invitation for more studies to solidify
these findings was made. But the beneficial impact of spinal manipulation
on the quality of life for spine pain sufferers, those with balance issues, and
those with cerebral palsy were noted. (1) Such relief logically
influences back pain treatment guidelines with which your Severna Park
chiropractor confers to boost
your clinical back pain relief.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR BACK PAIN
Researchers search the published
research papers to obtain the ones with reliability, coherence, etc.
A recent guideline for the treatment of low back pain resolved
that including spinal manipulation in the care
of acute low back pain, chronic low back pain and chronic back-related leg pain
was successful as part of a multimodal approach.
Advice, reassurance, education, self-management, usual medical care, home
exercises, etc., were described as helpful
in improving pain and disability. (2)
Guidelines like this for back pain must be based on research that describes
how relief is produced.
SPINAL MANIPULATION RELIEF FOR BACK PAIN
A present study intends to see whether
chronic low back pain patients’ response to SM comes from centralization which can be assessed
utilizing questionnaires, pressure pain threshold tests,
inflammatory cytokine tests, and patient expectations of relief. The researchers
expect to be able to predict patient
response. (3) Before this study, a narrative review noted
that spinal manipulation in part deterred neck pain and back
pain via spinal cord mechanisms of pain relief and queried the role of
peripheral mechanisms regulating inflammatory responses. (4) Both studies included
placebo comparison but also documented that placebo and controls in
a spinal manipulation study are tough to conceal
treatment versus no-treatment due to the hands-on nature
of the treatment. An improved control/placebo could help define
the contribution of spinal manipulation’s effects on
pain relief.
THE CHALLENGE OF PLACEBO
Back pain patients don’t often question their
pain relief. They don’t often ask “Was it this?” or “Was it that?” that finally
sealed the deal on getting them out of pain, but
researchers know that the placebo effect may well play a role
based on patient expectations and conditioning. Researchers are now checking
to see whether conditioning can heighten patient
outcomes by sharing the positive expectations of spinal
manipulation treatment. (5) What do you think? Back And Neck Care Center knows our chiropractic
patients can feel better knowing that their care is well-researched
and supported by clinical trials that showed positive clinical
outcomes for back pain relief.
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors
Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the
relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient
with back pain and sciatica.
Make your Severna Park chiropractic
appointment today. Back And Neck Care Center hopes that you don’t let your quality of life suffer due to your back pain, related leg pain and or neurological sypmatomatology.
Trust Back And Neck Care Center to fully examine your spine and set
a relieving treatment plan for its care.