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 affects the spinal canal area. A newly published paper detailed
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, increased
the spinal canal area and produced 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 modifications
set the scene for impacted
spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent
(though occasionally faster or even instantaneous
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting
research like this are the forces behind our choice to use
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment approaches like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal
stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding researcher in Cox® Technic research projects, 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 frequently advised
to perform exercise that strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to enhance
their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion
(Williams) exercises have been standard since the 1930s as they limit lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A common
exercise series 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 abdominal
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 we’d be excited for
our new Groton back pain patients to start with these simple
exercises on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and establish a treatment plan, of course). Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
looks forward to talking soon about you and your spinal
stenotic, disc degenerative spine and any exercises that may help!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Have a wonderful February! We look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!