Can Chiropractic Relieve Neck Pain? Groton Chiropractic Thoracic Spine Treatment Helps Ease Neck and Arm Pain.
The spine. Its five sections constitutes one spine, so it makes sense that treating one section might affect another. So interesting. So recently published! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office enjoys new research, and this new research presents that treating the thoracic spine beneficially influences the status of the cervical spine. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is completely in favor of the two-for-one effect for spinal pain reduction! When conditions of cervical spine myelopathy and disc herniation are involved, Groton neck pain patients will be, too.
CERVICAL SPINE PAIN
Cervical spine pain may include neck pain as well as radiculopathy or cervical radicular pain down the arm. Cervical spine related diseases like this may stimulate other issues, too. For example, patients who have cervical spine spinal cord disease have three times more incidence of having cardiovascular disease. Rapidly progressive cervical spine myelopathy patients are likely to have a history of a cardiovascular event and exhibit C4/5 disc hyperintensity on T2-MRI images. (1) Another intriguing study of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy - a progressive spine disease concerning cervical spinal cord compression – discovered that patients evaluated the quality of their care based on satisfaction. The research findings, therefore, reiterate the importance of explaining to patients what to expect to boost satisfaction: At 12 months following surgery for neck degenerative myelopathy, the relief of pain and function issues may be better (37%), may stay the same (55%), or may decline (7%). (2) Honesty is the best way in life and in doctor-patient interactions. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office shares its proposed treatment’s expected outcomes as well as the course of healing to be expected upfront. (ex: “Some days will be better than others as you heal. Healing comes when the good days start to exceed the poor ones.”) Groton chiropractic care including gentle chiropractic adjusting – like with Cox® Technic – enhances the odds of good days and more good days!
THORACIC SPINE ADJUSTING HELPS CERVICAL SPINE PAIN
Chiropractic treatment of the thoracic spine can be quite gentle and pain-relieving not just for the thoracic spine but also the cervical spine. Thoracic spine thrust adjusting has been shown to ease cervical spine pain and improve disability. A recent article describes improvements in pain, disability, cervical spine range of motion, and deep neck flexor endurance in patients with cervical spine radiculopathy after just one treatment. These changes were most reported by patients 48 to 72 hours after treatment. (3) Adjacent cervical and thoracic spine sections feed off of each other’s care! Amazing! There is that positive two-for-one effect again.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Chris Deveau on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who using with Cox® Technic enhanced the neck and arm pain – and sleep - for a patient. There are a lot of 2-for-1 benefits of chiropractic care!
Schedule a Groton chiropractic appointment at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office for a two-for-one benefit of pain reduction and spinal range of motion improvement in the hands of your Groton chiropractor! Your chiropractor delights in caring for your spine and preserving the health of all its 5 sections.
