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 shrinks, resulting
in reduced 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 recently published paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, namely Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, expanded
the spinal canal area and created vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 reported that chiropractic
flexion distraction improved spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal changes
set the scene for involved
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual
(though occasionally quicker or even instantaneous
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
research like this are the forces behind our use of
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment approaches like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to New Roads Chiropractic Center
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding research
investigator in Cox® Technic studies, 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 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 limit lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A typical
exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then just tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The following exercise would be a knee-chest motion (pulling
one knee to chest then the other knee then both knees to chest) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but New Roads Chiropractic Center be thrilled for
our new New Roads back pain patients to begin with these simple
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). New Roads Chiropractic 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 look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!