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, leading to a reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the spinal canal area. A new paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, increased
the spinal canal area and created vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction increased spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal tranformations
set the scene for affected
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 using
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment approaches like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Chiropractic Solutions invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal
stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the principal 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 enhance
their in-office chiropractic treatment. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard since the 1930s as they control lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A typical
exercise series 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 next would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are additional such exercises
in the series, but we’d be excited for
our new San Jose back pain patients to begin with these simple
moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and establish a treatment plan, of course). Chiropractic Solutions
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 look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!