FAILED
BACK SURGERY BACK PAIN RELIEF
Gentle spinal manipulation for back pain that lingers
or comes back after back surgery - sometimes called
persistent post-surgical pain or post-surgical continued pain - is proving
effective. And Cox® Technic as used at our Groton
chiropractic clinic is getting noticed for its pain-alleviating
outcomes!
So have you experienced back surgery? Do you still
experience back pain…or has it returned? You’re not alone, especially in wishing the pain would just go away
and never return. 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)
– instead of thrust techniques.
(1) A published study of 69
post-surgical patients managed with Cox® Technic documented
that in 11 visits over a 49 day treatment period 81% of the
patients attained more than 50% relief of pain. The mean
percent of relief was 71.6% at the end
of care and 70% at 2-year-follow-up. The relief lasted!
(2)
The frustration of back pain is understandable. The frustration
of back pain after back surgery that was hoped to get rid
of it is even more frustrating. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 details the help his
patient experienced 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 found to be
associated with better physical performance in low back pain (LBP)
sufferers with lumbar disc degeneration (LDD). Researchers calculated
vitamin D levels and muscle strength in 200 patients. Those low in vitamin D required more time in the gait
speed, chair stand, and timed-up-and-go (TUG) tests. (3) Postmenopausal women who
had vitamin D deficiency (particularly those with below 10 ng/mL which marked severe LDD and LBP) are noted
to have LBP and LDD. If they smoked, had a high body mass index, osteoporosis,
and no D supplementation, the moderate to severe pain was increased.
(4) Another report stated that frailty status and physical
performance measures (gait speed and TUG) were significantly associated
with vitamin D concentration. (5) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office asks: What’s
your vitamin D level? Time to check it!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Make your next Groton
chiropractic visit with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office now.
