Stenosis. If you are of a certain age, you probably
are familiar with spinal stenosis. You experienced its hurting
effects yourself or someone close to you does. Spinal
stenosis gives rise to back pain, neck pain, arm pain
and/or leg pain (sciatica). It is no fun!
No magic pill heals it or prevents it. But chiropractic
care incorporating the gentle Cox® Technic flexion distraction
spinal manipulation system may ease it, slowly
and steadily. Once on the other side of spinal stenosis’
pain, McHenry
chiropractic patients are well educated as to do what
they can to decrease the odds of future episodes,
prepared with exercises, diet tips, daily activities’ modification
tips, and the experience that McHenry
chiropractic care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic can help.
COX® TECHNIC FOR SPINAL STENOSIS
One of the first ever written and peer-review
published papers by Dr. Cox, developer of Cox® Technic flexion distraction, was
about stenosis. (1) Lately, a comparison study of flexion distraction treatment to
conservative treatment for patients with spinal stenosis showed
that flexion distraction spinal manipulation was more effective
for pain decrease and disability recovery. (2)
Another study presented that Cox® flexion distraction manipulation
resulted in pain improvement by 76% and disability by 73%.
(3) Today, one of the most recent published reports
indicates that there is evidence that
chiropractic care is potentially useful for
patients suffering with lumbar
spinal stenosis. It further highlights
that chiropractic treatments of spinal stenosis are most often
flexion-distraction manipulation. (4) That is true at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic! McHenry spinal stenosis patients get
relief with our McHenry chiropractic services.
FLEXION DISTRACTION FOR STENOSIS-RELATED NEUROGENIC
CLAUDICATION
Neurogenic claudication frequently comes
with lumbar spinal stenosis, producing cramping leg pain for
its McHenry sufferers. Researchers discovered that twice
a week treatment including manual therapy like lumbar spine flexion distraction (generic term for
Cox® Technic spinal manipulation), soft tissue and neural mobilization,
chiropractic spinal manipulation, and muscle stretching along with structured home-based exercises, and instruction of self-management
strategies lead to improved outcomes
(pain, disability, walking ability, treatment satisfaction). (5)
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic follows a similar chiropractic care system with
our McHenry spinal stenosis patients. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic treats the
whole patient, not only the pain.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Troy McColman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
about chiropractic care of spinal stenosis using Cox® Technic
spinal manipulation.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic appointment with
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for spinal stenosis related pain relief. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic's back pain specialist is skilled in gentle, safe protocols of Cox® Technic to supply
relief and help control future pain caused by spinal stenosis, no matter how old you are.