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Research: Richmond Spinal Manipulation Relief of Back and Leg Pain, Neurological Symptoms

Researchers continually study spinal manipulation to more fully explain how it contributes to pain relief for sufferers with back pain, related leg pain, and neurological symptoms that disrupt quality of life. Spinal manipulation (SM) eases back pain (acute, chronic), back-related leg pain, quality of life, neurological symptoms, and disability for sufferers. That’s a sentence full of promise which has research support behind its claims. Johnson Chiropractic individualizes a chiropractic treatment plan combining spinal manipulation oftentimes the gentle form of Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression for our Richmond chiropractic patients after doing a detailed examination. Richmond pain relief is possible.

NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS

Spinal pain patients as well as patients experiencing neurological disorders like stroke have neurological symptoms that respond to spinal manipulation. Experiencing neurological symptoms adds to worldwide disability statistics and personal well-being and quality of life. A narrative review noted that most studies reported how spinal manipulation decreased spinal pain, may increase strength in asymptomatic people, and reportedly affected spasticity, muscle stiffness, motor function, autonomic function, and balance issues. Of course, an invitation for more studies to solidify these findings was issued. But the beneficial impact of spinal manipulation on the quality of life for spine pain sufferers, those with balance issues, and those with cerebral palsy were noted. (1) Such relief logically influences back pain treatment guidelines with which your Richmond chiropractor confers to boost your clinical back pain relief.

CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR BACK PAIN

Researchers search the published research papers to obtain the ones with reliability, coherence, etc. A recent guideline for the treatment of low back pain resolved that incorporating spinal manipulation in the treatment plan of acute low back pain, chronic low back pain and chronic back-related leg pain was effective as part of a multimodal approach. Advice, reassurance, education, self-management, usual medical care, home exercises, etc., were described as beneficial in enhancing relief of pain and disability. (2) Guidelines like this for back pain must be based on research that explains how relief is created.

SPINAL MANIPULATION RELIEF FOR BACK PAIN

A current study proposes that how chronic low back pain patients respond to SM stems from mechanisms of centralization (central sensitization) that can be tested via questionnaires, pressure pain threshold tests, inflammatory cytokine tests, and patient expectations of relief. The researchers anticipate being able to forecast patient response. (3) Prior to this study, a narrative review found that spinal manipulation in part deterred neck pain and back pain via spinal cord mechanisms of pain relief and wondered what the role of inflammatory responses via peripheral mechanisms played in the relief. (4) Both studies included placebo comparison but also noted that placebo and controls in a spinal manipulation study are difficult to disguise treatment versus no-treatment due to the hands-on nature of the treatment. An improved control/placebo could help clarify the contribution of spinal manipulation’s effects on pain relief.

THE CHALLENGE OF PLACEBO

Back pain patients don’t often question their pain relief. They don’t often ask “Was it this?” or “Was it that?” that finally sealed the deal on getting them out of pain, but researchers know that the placebo effect may well play a role based on patient expectations and conditioning. Researchers are now testing whether conditioning can heighten patient outcomes by sharing the positive expectations of spinal manipulation treatment. (5) What do you think? Johnson Chiropractic knows our chiropractic patients can feel better knowing that their care is well-researched and supported by clinical trials that showed positive clinical outcomes for back pain relief.

CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient with back-related-leg pain.

Make your Richmond chiropractic appointment today. Johnson Chiropractic hopes that you don’t let your quality of life deteriorate due to your back pain, related leg pain and or neurological sypmatomatology. Trust Johnson Chiropractic to thoroughly examine your spine and set a relieving treatment plan for its care. 

 
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