Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that lingers
or comes back after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving
effective. And Cox® Technic as utilized at our Pensacola
chiropractic clinic is receiving attention for its pain-alleviating
outcomes!
So have you undergone back surgery? Do you still
suffer with back pain…or has it returned? You’re not alone, especially in wanting the pain gone. Some will choose more
medical selections like surgery or pain meds or physical therapy,
etc. Others will seek non-medical options like spinal
manipulation. A recent meta-analysis of published data on the kinds
of
spinal manipulation applied to treat back pain patients
with persistent spine pain after lumbar surgery reported
that spinal manipulation practitioners chose to use potentially
gentler non-thrust techniques –
85% chose flexion-distraction (aka Cox® Technic)
– instead of thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69
post-surgical patients handled with Cox® Technic documented
that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment period 81% of the
patients attained more than 50% relief of pain. The mean
percent of relief was 71.6% when the active treatment time was done and 70% at 2-year-follow-up. The relief continued!
(2)
The frustration of back pain is understandable. The frustration
of back pain after back surgery that was hoped to eliminate it is even more frustrating. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center extends
Cox® Technic to decrease the pain…
and the frustration!Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the relief his
patient got with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Another Reason to Be Up on Your Vitamin D!
LBP And Disc Degeneration
Higher vitamin D levels were found to be
associated with better physical performance in low back pain (LBP)
sufferers with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Researchers calculated
vitamin D levels and muscle strength in 200 participants. It required
more time for those who had low levels of vitamin D to perform these
tests: gait
speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women who
had vitamin D deficiency (especially those with below 10 ng/mL which indicated severe LDD and LBP) are noted
to have LBP and LDD. If they smoked, had a high body mass index, osteoporosis,
and no D supplementation, the moderate to severe pain was elevated.
(4) Another report indicated that frailty status and physical
performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly associated
with vitamin D concentration. (5) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center asks: What’s
your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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chiropractic appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center soon.
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