August 2024 Healthy News from Connected Chiropractic
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study documented that 80-90% of chiropractic patients suffering with sciatic leg pain reported themselves to be “very satisfied” with their care, especially with the thorough examination, understandable communication and information about the symptoms and prognosis as well as clear expectations about the treatment and its effectiveness. (1) Connected Chiropractic is here to satisfy and surpass your expectations of care! We have published papers to support our treatment like this one that described how patients suffering with leg pain in addition to back pain got better to the same extent as low back pain alone patients with an exercise and education program. (2) We urge our sciatic leg pain patients to not give up! There is hope for pain relief with our chiropractic treatment plan that blends the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Actually, a new case report was just published and available on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for you to read that presented a case of a patient with left leg pain that went all the way into the foot who was recommended to have spinal surgery yet decided to undergo carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise for relief of his disc-related sciatica. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, get some more information and consider care at Connected Chiropractic!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Ease Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that goes down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really messes with its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatic leg pain, lumbar radiculopathy defies its sufferers to really get to know their condition so that they can contain it best, not fear doing everyday motions, and better take care of themselves. (4) Often this begins with just a simple exercise like hamstring stretching. A review of 344 randomized control trials that tested the effectiveness of hamstring stretching exercise discovered that it lessens pain intensity for low back pain, enhances straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain and radicular leg pain (sciatica), and boosts function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Elgin chiropractic visit to Connected Chiropractic about the right way to do hamstring stretching for the best results for you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Timothy Gagan on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment and exercise protocols that assist back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers in finding relief, managing their pain, and getting back to life!
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