CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC CREATES VERTEBRAL MOTION &
INCREASED SPINAL CANAL SPACE
Do you experience back pain?
Spinal stenosis? Degenerative disc disease? Do you know what they have in
common (besides pain)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc
degeneration, the disc diminishes, leading to a decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc
bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst,
spinal cyst diminishes the the area of the spinal
cancal. A recently published paper explained
how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox®
Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, increased
the spinal canal area and produced vertebral motions. The new
study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic
flexion distraction enlarged spinal area, height, and
width due
to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal modifications
made more space for affected spinal elements like
spinal nerves to move leading to eventual
(though sometimes faster or even immediate
for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published
research like this are the forces behind our use of
gentle, safe chiropractic treatment approaches like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine.
Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the guiding research
investigator in Cox® Technic research projects, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes the research behind The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise to Open Lumbar Spinal Canal Area
Back pain sufferers are regularly recommended exercises to strengthen spinal,
gluteal, and core muscles as a way to round out
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 control lumbar
extension while enhancing lumbar flexion with high
levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A common
exercise sequence 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 just tighten abdominal
and gluteal muscles while pushing the spine flat against
the floor. The following exercise 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 Manchester back pain patients to start with these easy
moves on day 1 (after we examine
your spine and set a treatment plan, of course). Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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 look forward to
seeing you and your spine this month!