CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you have 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 diminishes, leading to a decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst affects the spinal canal area. A recently published paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, enlarged
the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 reported that chiropractic
flexion distraction increased spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal changes
set the scene for affected
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 using
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment options like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal
stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding researcher 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 supplement
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been the norm since the 1930s as they restrict lumbar
extension while improving lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A typical
exercise series would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then simply tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The following exercise would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but we’d be excited for
our new Fernandina Beach back pain patients to start with these easy
moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and set a treatment plan, of course). Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
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 look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!