Is Minster Spinal Traction Face Down Or Face Up Best? Face Down!
Face up? Face down? When treating neck pain or low back pain that is an issue for your Minster chiropractor and for the spine researcher (and sometimes the curious patient!) regarding which position is most beneficial. For the Minster back pain specialist who is a hands-on treating doctor, prone (face down) is more useful so he or she is able to get his or her hands on the spine. For your Minster spine specialist, prone is certainly preferred as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation is used. At Minster Chiropractic Center prone spinal care is our back pain relief department, and research agrees!
ADVANTAGES OF PRONE TREATMENT
Minster Chiropractic Center centers its Minster chiropractic treatment on research. Minster Chiropractic Center keeps up with current spinal care research. In a recent study of traction, patient-rated disability and pain scores showed that traction in the prone position brought about immediate and significant improvements. (1) Another study reported that a hallmark of spinal traction might lie in the fluid exchange in the disc as trunk muscle activity is minimal. (2) Minster Chiropractic Center sees the positives of relaxing the trunk muscles, improving the fluid exchange in the disc (as Minster Chiropractic Center is well aware that nutrition of the disc relies on this and is the reason disc nutrition supplementation is often included in the treatment plan), and distracting the spine.
COX TECHNIC PRONE MANIPULATION
Minster Chiropractic Center uses a special form of spinal distraction called Cox Technic that is documented in the medical research literature and gentle in its ability to relieve back pain and neck pain. In using Cox Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation for back pain relief, your Minster chiropractor has you lie prone (face down) on a specially designed chiropractic treatment table that has a non-moving chest support piece and mobile support piece for your legs. Researchers note that the proper forces a chiropractor is to apply to the lumbar or cervical spine on this type of table during Cox Technic can be taught reliably for clinical reproducibility by chiropractors like yours at Minster Chiropractic Center. This means a patient can be treated by one proficient chiropractor in much the same way as by another proficient chiropractor. (3,4,5) Your Minster chiropractor is trained in this. Applying the proper forces makes available the best opportunity to reproduce the clinical back pain relief for Minster low back pain patients as chiropractic researchers have recorded in their research studies. That is exciting to your Minster chiropractor and alleviating to the Minster chiropractic patients at Minster Chiropractic Center!
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Listen to this PODCAST about a Cox® Technic physician’s own experience with Cox Technic as well as his patient's whose improvement actually increased with prone spine manipulation treatment with Cox® Technic because supine (face up) treatment aggravated his pain.
Schedule your Minster chiropractic visit with Minster Chiropractic Center today. Your Minster back pain relief treatment plan incorporates chiropractic treatment in the prone/face down position with Cox® Technic.
