December 2020 Healthy News from Connected Chiropractic 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 having normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year may not be so much for you. Symptoms of depression (agitation, insomnia, anxiety, high adrenalin, high cortisol) 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 shared some encouraging news. These approaches may well be positive 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 spread to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system in so doing can counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known for being essential for anti-depressive therapies’ effectiveness. (1) What does all this really mean? Come in for a Elgin chiropractic visit for Elgin back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Leave with a little more cheer. For 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 impacts like depression.
Elgin CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps
Calf cramps hurt! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often get calf cramps, disrupting valuable sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles susceptible to cramps reduced cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity worked! It doesn’t take much. 55% and 85% were effective, too. The reduction in cramps was associated with a boost in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study confirmed what a 2018 study discovered as well. (3) If calf cramps bother you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Connected Chiropractic has a treatment plan for them!
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Arrange your next Elgin chiropractic appointment now with Connected Chiropractic. Gratefully, we wish you a most wonderful holiday season!