What should
you consider for treatment of your spine and/or extremity pain, your back
and leg pain, your neck and arm pain? When you experience these
conditions, this question is forefront in your mind.
Soft Health and Healing Clinic uses the well-documented, non-surgical,
safe and gentle Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as an answer to that question.
BACK SURGERY
First, let us talk about back
surgery. Less than 1% of people with low back, neck, and/or leg and arm pain have
spine surgery. (1,2) That leaves 99% of people with back and extremity
pain to be treated
non-surgically. This kind of care is the strength of your
Brooks chiropractor at Soft Health and Healing Clinic. What is the potential
of such non-surgical treatment as Cox® Distraction Spine Manipulation to help
you?
THE COX® FLEXION DISTRACTION OPTION
Flexion distraction spine manipulation is described as a good intervention for heightening disc
height loss in disc herniation patients. (3) Another study found
50% pain relief following distraction spine manipulation in
patients with low back pain. (4) Cox® distraction combined with
therapeutic modalities over a month for patients
with lumbar disc herniation gave significant improvement in
muscle strength, disability, and relief of sciatica. The entire
treatment consisted of 18 visits over a 4-week
period of care. Cox® distraction manipulation seems to
be a safe and efficacious non-invasive treatment for patients
with lumbar disc herniation. (5) Safety is always forefront of
care at Soft Health and Healing Clinic.
SAFETY OF COX® TECHNIC
The review of safety of spine manipulation demonstrates
that chiropractic students are taught proper delivery
of force in giving Cox® manipulation to patients. (6) Similar
to a patient looking for surgical treatment for spine
pain seeks the best surgeon, studies verify
that patients with a high possibility
of undergoing surgery are optimally matched
with a non-surgical spine specialist. (7) Certified Cox® chiropractors
like your Brooks chiropractor at Soft Health and Healing Clinic are trained and then
assessed by written and hands-on testing prior to being
certified in Cox® distraction manipulation.
CLINICAL EXAM IMPORTANT IN THE COX® TECHNIC SYSTEM
Lastly, understand
that the clinical examination of your spine is just as and even
more important than any MRI findings. (8) Cox® certified doctors
of chiropractic like your Brooks chiropractor at Soft Health and Healing Clinic are
well-versed and tested in the neuro
and ortho findings of spine
and extremity pain patients. The thorough clinical examination
determines the treatment plan for your wanted
pain relief.
CONTACT Soft Health and Healing Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Rob Rudy on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Use of The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management is well-exemplified in his care of his
patients with back and leg pain.
Schedule your next Brooks chiropractic visit
soon. Soft Health and Healing Clinic knows that together we can
reply the overarching question of what to do
about your spine pain, back and leg pain, neck and arm pain.