Stenosis. If you are over 50 and experience twinges of or full-on
back pain, stenosis is a recognizable term.
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries treats many 50+ year old folks seeking relief of Manchester back pain and leg pain. And for
good reason: our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management lessens
the back pain and leg pain related to lumbar spinal
stenosis.
TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS
Lumbar spine stenosis is an emerging
diagnosis in our aging society. A recent practice
guideline was just published that provided three
recommendations for treatment of lumbar spine stenosis to ease
pain, lessen disability, enhance quality of
life, and improve walking ability. First, non-drug options: advice on lifestyle and behavioral changes with exercise, manual
therapy, rehab, acupuncture, post-operative rehab and 12 weeks of cognitive
behavioral therapy if surgery has already been done. Second,
drug therapy may be attempted: serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake
inhibitors or tricyclic antidepressants. Third, these
pharmacological drug therapies are not recommended: non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs, calcitonin,
methylcobalamin, paracetamol, opioids, muscle
relaxants, gabapentin, pregabalin, and
epidural steroidal injections. (1) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries offers the first line
recommended options for Manchester back pain relief: manual therapy, exercise,
advice, etc.
MANUAL THERAPY OPTION SPECIFICALLY: Flexion Distraction Cox® Technic
Manual therapy is proving to be quite
effective in addressing lumbar spinal stenosis issues. A new paper
shares the effects of manual manipulation in a detailed
discussion of Cox® Technic, a manual manipulation treatment implemented
by 64% of US chiropractic physicians including your own Manchester
chiropractor. This latest study is out of Korea, so Cox®
Technic is being implemented around the world now! The
authors described that lumbar
spinal stenosis is a degenerative spine disease in which spinal nerves are
compressed as disc degeneration narrows the area between the vertebral bones due to disc degeneration. Spinal stenosis causes
not only back pain but also other issues like intermittent claudication, leg
pain sciatica, and lower extremity weakness. Cox® Technic was used in a
comparison study for care of stenosis. The patients’ visual
analogue scale and Oswestry Disability Index scores were significantly reduced
in the experimental group patients over the control group patients. The authors
explained that the flexion distraction technique (aka Cox®
Technic) is intended to restore the normal spinal joint function
and movement by gapping the facet joints, decreasing
the stresses on the posterior disc, restoring facet joint motion, lowering
the disc pressure, creating a larger spinal canal area, enlarging
disc height, and thereby relaxing compressed nerves. The researchers
further stated that flexion-distraction focuses
on a specific segment of the spine, alters the epiphyseal joint
allowing a distraction of the anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments,
and relaxes the facet joint. Negative pressure was generated in
the disc space by widening the canal space. (2) They referenced other studies
that discovered a 65% reduced pressure
inside the disc (3) and reported that not only is back pain relieved
with flexion distraction, but so too is pain and physical function owing to a severely prolapsed disc. (4,5) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries finds the same. Our
Manchester back pain patients find relief with Cox®
Technic, too.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Michael McMurray on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
the effectiveness and gentleness of the
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his lumbar spinal stenosis
patients who didn’t think he’d ever get
relief.
Make your next Manchester
chiropractic appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Don’t let the
all-too-common, over-age-50 condition of spinal stenosis stop
you! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries has the treatment for you!