CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Degenerated disc. Spinal stenosis. Back Pain. What do they
have in common…besides pain? Reduced spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc reduces, resulting
in decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the the area of the spinal
cancal. A new 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 tranformations
made more space for affected spinal elements like
spinal nerves to glide leading to subsequent
(though sometimes faster 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.
Minster Chiropractic Center invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal
stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the main 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 often recommended exercises to strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to complement
their in-office chiropractic treatment. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been the norm for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they control 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, keeping
hands along the side of the body and bending the knees with feet flat on the
floor, then simply tighten ab
and gluteal muscles while flattening the spine against
the floor. The next 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 Minster Chiropractic Center be thrilled for
our new Minster back pain patients to begin with these simple
exercises on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and establish a treatment plan, of course). Minster Chiropractic 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 anticipate
seeing you and your spine this month!