FAILED BACK SURGERY BACK PAIN RELIEF
Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that lingers or returns after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving effective. And Cox® Technic as used at our Elgin chiropractic clinic is receiving attention for its pain-alleviating outcomes!
So have you experienced back surgery? Do you still experience back pain…or has it come back? You’re not alone, especially in wanting the pain gone. Some will choose more medical selections like surgery or pain meds or physical therapy, etc. Others will pursue non-medical options like spinal manipulation. A recent meta-analysis of published data on the types of
spinal manipulation employed to treat back pain patients with persistent spine pain after lumbar surgery determined that spinal manipulation practitioners chose to use potentially gentler non-thrust techniques –
85% chose flexion-distraction (aka Cox® Technic) – instead of thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69 post-surgical patients handled with Cox® Technic documented that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment period 81% of the patients got more than 50% relief of pain. The mean percent of relief was 71.6% when the active treatment time was done and 70% at 2-year-follow-up. The relief continued!
(2) The frustration of back pain is reasonable. The frustration of back pain after back surgery that was hoped to get rid of it is even more frustrating. Connected Chiropractic offers Cox® Technic to decrease the pain…
and the frustration!Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Gary Stefanick on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief his patient got with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Another Reason to Be Up on Your Vitamin D! LBP And Disc Degeneration
Higher vitamin D levels were documented to be linked with better physical performance in low back pain (LBP) sufferers with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Researchers analyzed vitamin D levels and muscle strength in 200 participants. Those low in vitamin D required more time in the gait speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women who had vitamin D deficiency (especially those with below 10 ng/mL which indicated severe LDD and LBP) are noted to have LBP and LDD. If they smoked, had a high body mass index, osteoporosis, and no D supplementation, the moderate to severe pain was elevated. (4) Another report stated that frailty status and physical performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly linked to vitamin D concentration. (5) Connected Chiropractic asks: What’s your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
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