August 2024 Healthy News from Vancouver Disc Centers
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study documented that 80-90% of chiropractic patients who suffer with sciatic leg pain reported themselves to be “very satisfied” with their care, particularly with the thorough examination, clear communication and information about the symptoms and prognosis as well as well-defined expectations about the treatment and its helpfulness. (1) We are here to satisfy and surpass your expectations of care! We have published papers to verify our treatment like this one that explained how patients experiencing leg pain in addition to back pain got better to the same degree that low back pain alone patients did with an exercise and education program. (2) We encourage our sciatic leg pain patients to not give up! There is hope for relief of pain with our chiropractic treatment plan that blends the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. As a matter of fact, a new case report was just published and accessible on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for your review that detailed a case of a patient with left leg pain that extended into the foot who was recommended to undergo spinal surgery yet decided to undergo carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise to get relief of his disc-related sciatic leg pain. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, get some more information and consider care at Vancouver Disc Centers!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Help Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that goes down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really messes with its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatica, lumbar radiculopathy defies its sufferers to understand their condition so that they can manage it best, not fear doing everyday motions, and better take care of themselves. (4) Often this begins with just a simple exercise like hamstring stretching. A review of 344 randomized control trials that tested the effectiveness of hamstring stretching exercise found that it reduces pain intensity for low back pain, improves straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain and radicular leg pain (sciatica), and enhances function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Vancouver chiropractic visit to Vancouver Disc Centers about the right way to do hamstring stretching for the best results for you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Timothy Gagan on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment and exercise protocols that assist back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers in finding relief, managing their pain, and getting back to life!
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