December 2020 Healthy News from Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic Help for Depression and Calf Cramps
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” or so the song goes. Whether it’s due to being 2020 or experiencing normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year may not be so much for you. Symptoms of depression like high cortisol & adrenalin, agitation, anxiety and insomnia are reportedly due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system. A new study on the effect of chiropractic and spinal manipulation along with vagal nerve stimulation presented some encouraging news. These approaches may well be beneficial treatment options for depression through the regulation of the autonomic nervous system which chiropractic care and spinal manipulation do at the peripheral nervous system level and extend to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system thereby is able to counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known to be essential for anti-depressive therapies’ effectiveness. (1) What is all this really saying? Come in for a Montreal chiropractic visit for Montreal back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Head home with a little more cheer. During this wonderful time of year, we want a happy Santa…and a happy you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, chiropractic back pain specialist and developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he detailed effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system and other conditions it influences like depression.
Montreal CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps
Calf cramps are painful! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often get calf cramps, disrupting good sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles susceptible to cramps reduced cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity was helpful! It does not take much. 55% and 85% were effective as well. The decrease in cramps was linked to a boost in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study confirmed what a 2018 study found as well. (3) If calf cramps trouble you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic will work on them!
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Schedule your next Montreal chiropractic appointment now with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. Gratefully, we wish you the most wonderful holiday season!