Researchers keep studying spinal manipulation
to more fully describe its contributions to pain
relief for sufferers with back pain, related leg pain, and neurological symptoms
that disrupt quality of life. Spinal manipulation (SM) eases
back pain (acute, chronic), back-related leg pain, quality of life,
neurological symptoms, and disability for sufferers. That’s a
sentence full of promise with supporting research behind its claims. Chiropractic Solutions personalizes
a chiropractic treatment plan incorporating spinal manipulation mantimes
the gentle form of Cox® Technic flexion distraction decompression for
our San Jose chiropractic patients after doing a detailed
examination. San Jose pain relief is imaginable.
NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOMS
Spinal pain patients as well as patients experiencing
neurological disorders like stroke have neurological symptoms that respond
to spinal manipulation. Experiencing neurological symptoms impacts worldwide disability statistics as well as
personal well-being and quality of life. A narrative review explained
that most studies reported how spinal
manipulation decreased spinal pain, may improve
strength in asymptomatic people, and reportedly affected
spasticity, muscle stiffness, motor function, autonomic function, and balance problems.
Of course, an invitation for more studies to support
these findings was made. But the beneficial impact of spinal manipulation
on the quality of life for spine pain sufferers, those with balance issues, and
those with cerebral palsy were listed. (1) Such relief logically
influences back pain treatment guidelines that your San Jose chiropractor consults to optimize
your clinical back pain relief.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES FOR BACK PAIN
Researchers hunt through the published
research papers to obtain the ones with reliability, coherence, etc.
A recent guideline for the treatment of low back pain resolved
that incorporating spinal manipulation in the care
of acute low back pain, chronic low back pain and chronic back-related leg pain
was effective as part of a multimodal approach.
Advice, reassurance, education, self-management, usual medical care, home
exercises, etc., were reported as beneficial
in improving pain and disability. (2)
Guidelines like this for back pain must be based on research that describes
how relief is created.
SPINAL MANIPULATION RELIEF FOR BACK PAIN
A present study proposes that how chronic low back
pain patients respond to SM stems from centralization which can be assessed
via questionnaires, pressure pain threshold tests,
inflammatory cytokine tests, and patient expectations of relief. The researchers
expect to be able to forecast patient
response. (3) Prior to this study, a narrative review described
that spinal manipulation in part deterred neck pain and back
pain via spinal cord mechanisms of pain relief and queried the role of
peripheral mechanisms regulating inflammatory responses. (4) Both studies included
placebo comparison but also documented that placebo and controls in
a spinal manipulation study are difficult to disguise
treatment versus no-treatment because of the hands-on nature
of the treatment. An improved control/placebo could help clarify
the contribution of spinal manipulation’s effects on
pain relief.
THE CHALLENGE OF PLACEBO
Back pain patients do not often question their
pain relief. They don’t often ask “Was it this?” or “Was it that?” that finally
got them feeling better, but
researchers know that the placebo effect may well play a role
based on patient expectations and conditioning. Researchers are now checking
to see whether conditioning can enhance patient
outcomes by sharing the positive expectations of spinal
manipulation treatment. (5) What do you think? Chiropractic Solutions knows our chiropractic
patients can feel better understanding that their care is well-researched
and supported by clinical trials that documented positive clinical
outcomes for back pain relief.
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Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors
Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the
relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a patient
with back pain and sciatica.
Schedule your San Jose chiropractic
appointment soon. Chiropractic Solutions hopes that you don’t let your quality of life suffer due to your back pain, related leg pain and or neurological sypmatomatology.
Trust Chiropractic Solutions to fully examine your spine and establish
a relieving treatment plan for its care.