The Illusive Pop of Spinal Manipulation
“To Pop or Not to Pop” is of course 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 necessary
measure of back pain relief via spinal
manipulation treatment (SMT), yet back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know all they can. Present-day
guidelines for handling low back pain
stress patient education and exercise as important
issues. Healthcare practitioners are
pretty good (72% overall) at sharing
information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in
providing patient education for 76% of patients with
physical therapists at 74% and general practitioners at just 44%. The
more emotional distress a patient
showed or pain described as below the knee,
information was shared with 78% of patients. (1) An important
topic for McHenry back pain and neck pain patients undergoing spinal
manipulation treatment (SMT) is this sometimes-audible pop. A systematic
review of published studies revealed 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 associated with an audible pop. (2) This is good to know since some patients have it, and some don’t.
Patients whose practitioners told them
about the audible pop - and others who weren’t spinal manipulation patients - reported
curious theories of what created 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 McHenry chiropractor might “Is
there pain relief or not?” With our gentle chiropractic care, there is
pain relief for many McHenry back pain and neck pain sufferers. Let’s talk about all of this at your
next chiropractic visit at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
[[CHIROPRACTIC]] TIP OF THE MONTH:
Vitamin D for Adrenal Gland Support
Vitamin D is
in favor and abundantly researched beyond its
earlier role of 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
raises blood sugar and reduces bone formation.
(B) The adrenal medulla produces “stress hormones”
epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) in charge
of the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues
keep people awake at night…literally! Although not yet
conclusive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in
a new study to support adrenal health. (6)
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is ready to talk about vitamin D
and any adrenal gland issues you may be experiencing.
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chiropractic visit with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic now! We
have so much to talk about!
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