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Healthy News February 2023 Chiropractic Care Aimed to Open Spinal Canal Area and Decrease Back Pain

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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 reduces, 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 newly published paper detailed how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, namely Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, expanded the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new study just published in January 2023 reported that chiropractic flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and width due to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)

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Such spinal modifications set the scene for impacted spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to eventual (though occasionally faster or even instantaneous for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published research like this are the forces behind our choice to use gentle, safe chiropractic treatment options like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine. Johnson Chiropractic 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 studies, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the research behind The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

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TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise to Open Lumbar Spinal Canal Area

Back pain sufferers are regularly 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 enhancing lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A typical 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 pushing the spine flat 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 additional such exercises in the series, but we’d be thrilled for our new Richmond back pain patients to start with these easy moves on day 1 (after we examine your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). Johnson Chiropractic looks forward to meeting you soon and learning more about your spine, degenerated disc, and/or spinal stenosis and sharing any exercises that may help!

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Have a wonderful February! We anticipate seeing you and your spine this month!

 
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