Healthy News November 2022
“To Pop or Not to Pop” is understandably a twist on an age-old Shakespearean quote for an age-old chiropractic spinal manipulation discussion point. The answer today is that it is not a required indicator of back pain relief from spinal manipulation treatment (SMT), but back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know all they can. Present-day guidelines for managing low back pain highlight patient education and exercise as important topics of discussion. Healthcare practitioners are pretty good (72% overall) at sharing information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in sharing patient education for 76% of patients with physical therapists at 74% and general practitioners at just 44%. The more emotional distress a patient exhibited or pain described as below the knee, information was shared with 78% of patients. (1) An important topic for Elgin back pain and neck pain patients undergoing spinal manipulation treatment (SMT) is this sometimes-audible pop. A systematic review of published studies found that regardless of the spinal area or follow-up time after the SMT, nothing was found that showed evidence of improved pain outcomes or treatment success related to an audible pop. (2) This is good to know since some patients experience it, and some don’t. Patients whose practitioners told them about the audible pop - and others who were not spinal manipulation patients - reported interesting theories of what made that sound and had overemphasized ideas of its importance. (3) Instead of the question “To pop or not to pop?” the better question for you and your Elgin chiropractor may well be “Is there pain relief or not?” With our gentle chiropractic care, there is pain relief for many Elgin back pain and neck pain sufferers. Let’s talk about all of this at your next chiropractic visit at Connected Chiropractic!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Vitamin D enjoys a favored reputation and is abundantly researched beyond its longer term reputation in supporting phospho-calcium metabolism and skeletal bone disorders. Today, research has well-established vitamin D as a hormone and recounted vitamin D as influential for various diseases from cancer, inflammation, and autoimmunity (Hashimoto’s, Graves’, diabetes) to adrenal gland health and disease (Cushing’s, Addison’s). (4) The adrenal gland has two main parts: (A) The adrenal cortex makes cortisol which controls the sleep/wake cycle, body’s use of fats/proteins/carbs, inflammation, blood pressure as well as increases blood sugar and reduces bone formation. (B) The adrenal medulla makes “stress hormones” epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) responsible for the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues keep people awake at night…literally! Although not yet definitive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in one recent study to support adrenal health. (6) Connected Chiropractic is excited to talk about vitamin D and any adrenal gland issues you may be experiencing.
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