Your Richmond chiropractor understands
your spine! Johnson Chiropractic understands anatomy. Back in
chiropractic school, your chiropractor learned much
about anatomy of the spine and utilizes that knowledge daily. Knowing the anatomy of the
spine is continually
at the forefront of your chiropractor’s mind as you and each spine pain, neck
pain, back pain patient walks through the door!
It’s so exciting! (Aren’t you glad
someone finds it exciting?)
LEARNING ANATOMY IN SCHOOL
Going through school, we were
all guilty of learning just to pass an exam. When in professional school, such learning is more important
than ever since it will impact everyday work. (How much
do you remember from your school days?) An
international survey of chiropractors and anatomists described
that chiropractors felt that a higher level of anatomy instruction
during chiropractic school was beneficial
for clinical practice, permitting better understanding,
application, and analysis of anatomical material to justify
a clinical decision in their daily clinical practice. (1) An Australian report
of chiropractors compared their knowledge of anatomy to that of chiropractic
students. The chiropractic practitioners rated their knowledge of anatomy and proved it in a test
showing their knowledge. This was contrasted
to the same in their chiropractic student counterparts. The
chiropractors showed that they retained their
knowledge of anatomy - and knew they did! – breaking the thought
that chiropractic practitioners may not retain
it after school. Knowledge of anatomy is utilized
daily in chiropractic practice, and chiropractors understand
their anatomy. (2) Your Richmond chiropractor does! We’ll be happy to talk about it!
SPINAL ANATOMY KNOWLEDGE PUT TO USE IN CHIROPRACTIC CLINICAL
PRACTICE
Performing spinal manipulation every
day uses knowledge of the spine’s anatomy every day.
The most common reasons people said they
sought chiropractic care were low back pain (49.7%), neck pain (22.5%), and
extremity issues (10.0%). The typical treatment they experienced
were spinal manipulation (79.3%), soft tissue therapy (35.1%), and formal
patient education (31.3%). (3) Spinal conditions receive plenty of attention from chiropractic patients and their
chiropractors, of course! But positive side effects of
chiropractic care emerge in the medical literature as well
like potential cardiovascular benefit. In a placebo-controlled, assessor-blinded,
randomized trial, researchers described the immediate effects
of manual therapy to the upper thoracic
spine on cardiovascular autonomic control of patients with musculoskeletal pain (ie, back pain, spine pain,
neck pain, etc.). The researchers explained that musculoskeletal
pain increased the risk of cardiovascular events. (4) Come experience
these benefits of chiropractic treatment based on knowledge
of the spine’s anatomy.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes thoracic spine treatment in this case for pain relief of a
disc herniation performing the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
Schedule
your Richmond appointment with Johnson Chiropractic. Knowledge of
the spine’s anatomy is put to good use to ease
spine, back, neck, and musculoskeletal pain. We are excited to
share our knowledge of anatomy and spinal care with you!