February 2023 Healthy News from Rosenberg Wellness Center Spinal Canal Area Englargement 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)? Decreased spinal canal area. With disc degeneration, the disc shrinks, leading to a reduced spinal canal area. With spinal stenosis, a(n) disc bulge, herniated disc, osteophyte, discal cyst, synovial cyst, spinal cyst affects the the area of the spinal cancal. A recently published paper detailed how chiropractic flexion distraction treatment, specifically Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and mobilization, expanded the spinal canal area and created vertebral motions. The new study just published in January 2023 stated that chiropractic flexion distraction improved spinal area, height, and width due to increased nerve foraminal area. (1)
Such spinal alterations allowed affected spinal elements like spinal nerves to ‘breathe’ leading to subsequent (though sometimes quicker or even instantaneous for some patients) back pain relief. Outcomes and published 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. Bring your stenotic spine and/or degenerated disc to Rosenberg Wellness Center for a pain-relieving treatment plan!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ram Gudavalli, the main researcher in Cox® Technic research projects, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes 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 round out their in-office chiropractic care. Classic lumbar flexion (Williams) exercises have been standard for a long time, going back to the 1930s as they control lumbar extension while enhancing lumbar flexion, supported by high levels of research evidence. A common 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 next would be a knee-chest motion (pulling one knee to chest then the other knee then both knees to chest) exercise. (2) There are additional such exercises in the series, but we’d be thrilled for our new New York City back pain patients to begin with these easy moves on day 1 (after we go through a complete examinations and establish a treatment plan, of course). Rosenberg Wellness Center 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 anticipate seeing you and your spine this month!