Our
Vancouver chiropractic patients ask
“why”! Why do I have back pain?Why does back pain keep
coming back? Outstanding
questions that can often be clarified with
examination findings that line up with research-documented
findings. Research can help explain that, and Vancouver Disc Centers
works to keep on top of the newest (with a healthy
appreciation of the older!) research to communicate with you!
Let Vancouver Disc Centers work with you to get some insights as
to why you suffer with spine-related pain…and how we can get some relief of chronic back pain.
RESEARCHERS
CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS
Today’s
medical literature and researchers are asking for more info
on ‘why” manual therapy succeeds beyond current
studies supportive of the peripheral, segmental spinal, and
supraspinal mechanisms which can be assessed. A group of
researchers studied published reviews of other studies regarding
the mechanism of how manual therapy influences a
body. They found support for neurovascular, neurological, and
neuropeptide/neuroimmune changes as well as the value
of pain reduction with manual therapy. (1) All of these findings
are amazing! They want to understand more.
RESEARCH ON
THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES
Vancouver Disc Centers
appreciates the efforts of a group of researchers who have been studying the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and positive
results. At the ACC-RAC annual chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two
platform abstracts were presented on Cox® Technic studies. One discussed the
ability to assess lumbar spinous process movement with
ultrasound throughout the delivery of flexion
distraction manipulation. The researchers highlighted the
separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second
one discussed how they are able to assess
the forces delivered throughout the Cox Technic FDD spinal
manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were relieved.
(3) The more measurements possible, the more understanding
of “why” something works will come! We are so excited to share with our Vancouver chiropractic patients!
FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES
Another
group of researchers have planned a new project to examine
how implementing guidelines from the American College of
Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the care
of low back pain. The guideline has been around for a
long time, but it has not been put into action. A
study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke,
Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment recommended
is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation (which is chiropractic forte!) and exercise. (4)
Vancouver Disc Centers excitedly awaits this study’s
outcomes! It is time!
CONTACT
Vancouver Disc Centers
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox®
Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management, its development, its original
research, its current research, and its futuristic studies using
ultrasound measurement, force application observing, and more.
Make
your Vancouver chiropractic appointment today.