June 2024 Healthy News from Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office Spinal Movement & Blueberries Both are Good for You!
Are you curious about what your spine looks like moving under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your Groton chiropractor! - are underway leading in that direction! A recent study was just published that recorded the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process separation - the alteration in distance between the spinous processes as they gap - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is so precise a treatment protocol that specific segment activity can be provoked. Say, for a patient who has pain with an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have revealed that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allotting a herniated disc spavce to not physically bother a spinal nerve. Movement of the spinal vertebrae (mean) in flexion was 3.68° with 0.80 mm separation. (2,3) Very good! Chiropractic care at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office helps ease back pain and leg pain so our Groton chiropractic patients can return to their normal activities of daily living! One day, technology may even allow us, you and your chiropractor, to visualize the changes in real time. Quite exciting!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the documented benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Flavonoids – polyphenolic compounds that give color to fruits and veggies – are well-known for being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging as well as effective in enhancing cardiovascular health and boosting memory. A recent study added to this list by explaining that the more one eats flavonoid-rich foods, the lower the risk one has of having type 2 diabetes (4) while another noted just how well consuming fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, particularly in children’s immediate recall after comsuming blueberries while older adults need more of both to get as significant an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound found in blueberries is one that may assist the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries showed improved mental affect and executive function after one dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are great! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office keeps up on the latest in spine-related studies to give you the best Groton chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your passing this info onto others who may be interested, too. We look forward to seeing you soon!