February 2023 Healthy News from Layden Chiropractic Spinal Canal Area Increase and Back Pain Reduction with Chiropractic Care
Do you experience back pain? Spinal stenosis? Degenerative disc disease? Do you know what they have in common (besides pain)? Reduced spinal canal area. With disc degeneration, the disc reduces, leading to a decreased spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst, spinal cyst affects the spinal canal area. A recently published paper detailed 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 reported that chiropractic flexion distraction increased spinal area, height, and width due to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal alterations made more space for affected spinal elements like spinal nerves to move leading to eventual (though occasionally quicker or even immediate for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and supporting research like this are the forces behind our choice to use gentle, safe chiropractic treatment options like Cox® Technic that has research explaining its biomechanical effects on the spine. Layden Chiropractic invites you to share your degenerated disc and/or spinal stenosis with us!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the principal researcher in Cox® Technic research projects, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the research behind The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Back pain sufferers are frequently recommended exercises to strengthen spinal, gluteal, and core muscles as a way to complement 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 restrict lumbar extension while improving lumbar flexion with high levels of research evidence (III and IV) support. A typical exercise sequence would have a patient lie on the floor, hands at the side, knees bent, then simply tighten ab and gluteal muscles while pushing the spine flat against the floor. The following exercise would be a knee-chest motion (each single knee then both knees) exercise. (2) There are more such exercises in the series, but Layden Chiropractic be thrilled for our new Plainville back pain patients to begin with these simple moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and establish a treatment plan, of course). Layden Chiropractic 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!