Chiropractic and Back Pain. Chiropractic and Neck Pain. Chiropractic and Spine Pain. The public thinks of chiropractic for back pain by and large.

• 33% of 27,810 people chose chiropractors as their treating physician for low back pain in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. (NHANE) [in Deyo R: Spine 12(3)]
• Spine care delivery is 60% by the medical model and 40% by the chiropractic model. [Saal, Spine 22(14)]
• The total number of US adults who went to a chiropractor increased 57% from 2000-2003. [Davis, Health Svcs Research 45(3)]
• Paid costs for back pain care started with a chiropractor were 40% less than care started with a MD. [Liliedahl, JMPT 33(9)]

Chiropractic is reknown for its back pain care. Chiropractic has evidence-based technique to relieve and control back pain like Cox Technic.

The federally funded studies document Cox Technic Flexion-Distraction and Decompression's biomechanical effects on the spine as well as its clinical outcomes:

• intradiscal pressure drops to as low as -192mm Hg in the lumbar spine
• 28% widening of the area of the intervertebral canal
• flexion distraction is superior in relieving pain due to radiculopathy (leg pain) compared to medical care. (Gudavalli, Euro Sp J 2006) 
• 29 days and  12 visits are the averages for relief of low back pain when not taking into account specific conditions of back pain. [Cox, Topics in Clinical Chiropractic 1996, 3(3)]
• 13.2 treatments is the average for relief of neck pain radiculopathy. [Schliesser, Kruse, JMPT 26(9)]

Back pain and chiropractic fit together. The chiropractic physician is skilled in the diagnosis, examination and treatment of back pain as well as its prevention with nutrition, exercise and lifestyle choices. The chiropractic back pain research continues to evolve in support. Chiropractic physicians train specially to keep abreast of the latest research and Cox Technic treatment application in seminars. Back pain patients find Cox Technic physicians for their back pain relief when they search the referral directory of certified Cox Technic physicians.

Research leads the way in evidence-based care and in Cox Technic.

Contact Cox Technic if you have any questions.

Cox® Technic certified physician, Dr. Mark Ashley, published a case report on "Cox® Distraction Treatment of Extruded L5/S1 with Neural Impingement, Disc Herniations at L2‐L4 and Sciatic Radiculopathy and Paresthesia." Complete with an MRI image, Dr. Ashley's case demonstrates the efficacy of Cox Technic protocols for relieving spine pain in a difficult case involving multiple level herniations. Click here to read the case.

Dr. Robert Rice presents the case of a patient suffering with an L4/5 disc protrusion with scoliosis who was treated for a year with VAX-D with little relief.  Following Cox® protocols, Dr. Rice states reports that "The patient has attained 50% relief of pain in twelve visits, and four weeks of care. She states she has noticed a decreased sensation of heaviness in her low back and has also noticed that she can stand for longer periods of time with decreased low back pain."

Read the whole report which includes pre and post-treatment MRI images at this link.

Thanks for writing, Dr. Rice!

   

Cox® Technic (aka flexion-distraction) clinical outcomes published in European Spine Journal. Flexion-Distraction provided more low back pain relief than did medical conservative active exercise. 

Patients with radiculopathy (leg pain) did significantly better with flexion-distraction than active exercise. 

 

article link: http://www.springerlink.com/content/f32603l877144k77/?p=1ba95a15a905467b8ed4080941ee22e6&pi=4

In a randomized, controlled study comparing chiropractic flexion-distraction (Cox® Technic) with medical care (active exercise), flexion-distraction was superior in relieving radiculopathy sciatica (leg pain). Patient were randomized to two groups for care. Those with radiculopathy who were treated with flexion-distraction alone (mind you, no physical modalities or exercise were allowed by the treating chiropractic physicians) had significantly greater relief. The study was published in the European Spine Journal.

Gudavalli, Kruse and Cambron reported on a case of a 26-year-old pregnant patient in her second trimester of pregnancy with severe pain in her lower back extending to her hips on both sides and to her right leg. She even felt tingling down her right lower leg to her foot. She reported relief of pain after the first treatment with Cox flexion-distraction decompression. Granted the application is a bit modified since she is pregnant, but she was comfortably accommodated by lying on her side on the Cox® Table while the doctor used the manual lateral flexion to allow flexion into the spine and flexion to allow lateral flexion. She reported being painfree and was documented as such using both objective and subjective tests after just 8 visits.

Click here for the abstract of the article.

Cox® Technic is gentle and effective care for the most delicate conditions like pregnancy and stenosis and disc herniation and older spines that want gentler care.

Cox® Technic is gentle and effective treatment for spinal pain conditions.