June 2024 Healthy News from Minster Chiropractic Center Spinal Movement & Blueberries Both are Good for You!
Are you curious about what your spine looks like moving under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your Minster chiropractor! - are underway leading in that direction! A new study was just distributed that recorded the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process separation - the change in distance between the spinous processes as they gap - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is so precise a treatment protocol that specific segment motion can be elicited. Say, for a patient experiencing pain due to an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have shown that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allowing a herniated disc room to not physically bother a spinal nerve. Movement of the spinal vertebrae (mean) in flexion was 3.68° with 0.80 mm separation. (2,3) Very good! Chiropractic care at Minster Chiropractic Center helps decrease back pain and leg pain so our Minster chiropractic patients can return to their normal activities of daily living! One day, technology may even permit us, you and your chiropractor, to see the changes as they are happening. Quite exciting!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the recorded benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Flavonoids – polyphenolic compounds that make fruits and vegetables colorful – are well-known for being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging as well as effective in enhancing cardiovascular health and increasing memory. A new study added to this list by explaining that the more one eats flavonoid-rich foods, the lower the risk one has of having type 2 diabetes (4) while another detailed just how well consuming fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, particularly in children’s immediate recall after eating blueberries while older adults need more of both to attain as significant an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound found in blueberries is one that may help the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries showed better mental affect and executive function after one dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are great! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!
Minster Chiropractic Center keeps abreast of the latest in spine-related studies to give you the best Minster chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your sharing this info with your family and friends, too. See you soon!