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)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc reduces, leading to a decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the spinal canal area. A newly published paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, namely Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, expanded
the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal alterations
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual
(though occasionally quicker or even immediate
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published
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 Pensacola Spinal Rehab 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 regularly advised
to perform exercise that 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 for a long time, going
back to 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, hands at the side, knees bent, then just tighten ab
and gluteal muscles while pushing the spine flat 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 excited for
our new Pensacola back pain patients to start with these simple
moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and establish a treatment plan, of course). Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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!