CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you experience back pain?
Spinal stenosis? Degenerative disc disease? Do you know what they have in
common (besides pain)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc diminishes, resulting
in reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, protruding disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst reduces the the area of the spinal
cancal. A newly published paper explained
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 increased spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal modifications
made more space for involved spinal elements like
spinal nerves to glide leading to eventual
(though sometimes quicker or even immediate
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.
Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to Vancouver Disc Centers
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding research
investigator 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 often 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 the norm for a long time, going
back to the 1930s as they limit lumbar
extension while improving lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A typical
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 (each single knee
then both knees) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises
in the series, but Vancouver Disc Centers be excited for
our new Vancouver back pain patients to begin with these simple
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and establish a treatment plan, of course). Vancouver Disc Centers
looks forward to talking soon about you and your spinal
stenotic, disc degenerative spine and any exercises that may help!
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Have a wonderful February! We anticipate
seeing you and your spine this month!