For all the
talk of artificial intelligence and the future of robots
and computers in our lives, the benefit of
human touch cannot be replaced. Chiropractic is a
hands-on profession. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries delivers hands-on Manchester
chiropractic care. Chiropractic has an extensive history of effective
manual manipulation and treatment for back pain, neck pain and related
extremity pain. Touch cannot be dismissed in its influence on healing and is not ignored by your
Manchester chiropractor as your pain-relieving treatment plan is
implemented beginning with the first
day’s exam and throughout the whole
treatment process.
TOUCH IN THE DOCTOR PATIENT REALM
Touch in the relationship between
doctor and patient is
important. A recent study shares
that touch can produce neuromodulatory effects to reduce
pain and ease patient anxiety about the pain. Researchers
stated that the effect of touch begins with
the confident handshake and extends through the physical
examination, particularly when the examining physician touches the area
the patient says is painful. This confirms to the patient that the doctor understands
the patient’s pain. Touch also influences treatment for
manual and manipulative treating physicians. (1) The impact of
touch cannot be refuted. Your
Manchester chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries knows
this to be true and witnesses its effect daily
and is pleased to see its importance presented in
the medical literature for manual therapy’s beneficial role in the health care
system for conditions like Manchester back pain, neck pain, arm pain,
and sciatic leg pain.
EFFECT OF TOUCH
A researcher remarked
on a leading study’s outcomes about the
effect of spinal manipulation and exercise for back pain relief: “the data are
compatible with a non-specific effect caused by touch.” (2) Science tries
to quantify just how human touch affects back pain relief. Until that
is done, chiropractic physicians like your Manchester chiropractor
will embrace the effect of touch as they provide
spinal manipulation with their hands.
Manchester CHIROPRACTIC
TOUCH
Chiropractors depend on
their sense of touch in delivering the proper
forces to the spine, forces that provide pain relief for the back
pain and neck pain patient. It takes experience to
really refine the proper force application. Today,
though, technology may be helpful in this area as
force-feedback systems are helping doctors gain
that vital experience. With the chiropractic technique system used
at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries, research has documented just what those appropriate,
pain-relieving
forces are. (3,4) Force-measuring equipment has been
created and incorporated into teaching and
daily-use chiropractic tables. (As an extra, in performing
the research study to assess forces with patients, no serious
adverse effects were documented. “First, do no
harm.”) (5,6) The Cox® Technic flexion distraction procedures used at
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries are documented, gentle, and efficient for relieving
pain and decreasing intradiscal pressures (7,8). That is a
chiropractic treatment outcome combination our
Manchester chiropractic patients want.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and
chiropractic treatment may influence via senses like touch.
Set your next Manchester chiropractic
visit soon. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries holds fast to our
commitment to hands-on treatment for pain relief. No computer or AI system
will replace your Manchester chiropractor’s hands!
Visit us soon!