FAILED BACK SURGERY BACK PAIN RELIEF
Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that remains or comes back after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving effective. And Cox® Technic as utilized at our Williamson chiropractic clinic is getting noticed for its pain-relieving outcomes!
So have you experienced back surgery? Do you still suffer with back pain…or has it returned? You’re not alone, especially in wanting the pain gone. Some will opt for more medical selections like surgery or pain meds or physical therapy, etc. Others will try to find non-medical options like spinal manipulation. A recent meta-analysis of published data on the kinds of
spinal manipulation employed to treat back pain patients with persistent spine pain after lumbar surgery reported that spinal manipulation practitioners chose to use potentially gentler non-thrust techniques –
85% chose flexion-distraction (aka Cox® Technic) – over thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69 post-surgical patients handled with Cox® Technic recorded that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment timeframe 81% of the patients reported 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 understandable. The frustration of back pain after back surgery that was anticipated to get rid of it is even more frustrating. Apple Country Chiropractic extends Cox® Technic to reduce 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 felt 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 took more time in the gait speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women with vitamin D deficiency (especially those with below 10 ng/mL which marked severe LDD and LBP) are noted to have LBP and LDD. Add in smoking, high body mass index, osteoporosis, and no D supplementation, and the moderate to severe pain was worse. (4) Another report indicated that frailty status and physical performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly linked to vitamin D concentration. (5) Apple Country Chiropractic asks: How’s your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
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