Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that stays
or returns after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving
effective. And Cox® Technic as used at our Montreal
chiropractic clinic is receiving attention for its pain-relieving
outcomes!
So have you had back surgery? Do you still
experience back pain…or has it returned? You
are not alone, especially in wishing the pain would just go away
and never return. Some will opt for more
medical options like surgery or pain meds or physical therapy,
etc. Others will seek non-medical options like spinal
manipulation. A new meta-analysis of published data on the kinds
of
spinal manipulation employed to treat back pain patients
with persistent spine pain after lumbar surgery reported
that spinal manipulation practitioners elected to use potentially
gentler non-thrust techniques –
85% chose flexion-distraction (aka Cox® Technic)
– instead of thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69
post-surgical patients handled with Cox® Technic recorded
that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment timeframe 81% of the
patients got more than 50% relief of pain. The mean
percent of relief was 71.6% at the end
of care and 70% at 2-year-follow-up. The relief lasted!
(2)
The frustration of back pain is understandable. The frustration
of back pain after back surgery that was anticipated to get rid
of it is even more frustrating. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic proposes
Cox® Technic to reduce the pain…
and the frustration!Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the help his
patient experienced with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Another Reason to Be Up on Your Vitamin D!
LBP And Disc Degeneration
Higher vitamin D levels were documented to be
associated with better physical performance in low back pain (LBP)
sufferers with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Researchers measured
vitamin D levels and muscle strength in 200 participants. It required
more time for those who had low levels of vitamin D to do these
tests: gait
speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women who
had vitamin D deficiency (especially those with less
than 10 ng/mL which marked severe LDD and LBP) are noted
to have LBP and LDD. If they smoked, had a high body mass index, osteoporosis,
and no D supplementation, the moderate to severe pain was increased.
(4) Another report stated that frailty status and physical
performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly associated
with vitamin D concentration. (5) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic asks: How’s
your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
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