Is West Des Moines Spinal Traction Face Down Or Face Up Best? Face Down!
Face up? Face down? When treating neck pain or low back pain that is an issue for your West Des Moines chiropractor and for the spine researcher (and occasionally the interested patient!) regarding which position is most advantageous. For the West Des Moines back pain specialist who is a hands-on treating doctor, prone (face down) is more useful so he or she can get his or her hands on the spine. For your West Des Moines spine specialist, prone is definitely desired as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation is offered. At Executive Chiropractic of Iowa prone spinal care is our back pain relief department, and research approves!
BENEFITS OF PRONE TREATMENT
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa centers its West Des Moines chiropractic treatment on research. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa keeps up with current spinal care research. In a recent study of traction, patient-rated disability and pain scores showed that traction in the prone position brought about immediate and significant improvements. (1) Another study found that a hallmark of spinal traction may well lie in the fluid exchange in the disc as trunk muscle activity is minimal. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa sees the values of relaxing the trunk muscles, enhancing the fluid exchange in the disc (as Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is well aware that nutrition of the disc relies on this and is why disc nutrition supplementation is often included in the treatment plan), and distracting the spine.
COX TECHNIC PRONE MANIPULATION
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa uses an exceptional form of spinal distraction called Cox Technic that is research-documented and gentle in its relief of back pain and neck pain. In using Cox Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation for back pain relief, your West Des Moines chiropractor has you lie prone (face down) on a specially designed chiropractic treatment table that has a non-moving chest support piece and mobile support piece for your legs. Researchers explain that the proper forces a chiropractor is to apply to the lumbar or cervical spine on such a table during Cox Technic can be instructed consistently for clinical reproducibility by chiropractors like yours at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa. This indicates that a patient can be treated by one skilled chiropractor like another skilled chiropractor. (3,4,5) Your West Des Moines chiropractor is so trained. Applying the proper forces makes available the best opportunity to reproduce the clinical back pain relief for West Des Moines low back pain patients as chiropractic researchers have recorded in their research studies. That is exciting to your West Des Moines chiropractor and alleviating to the West Des Moines chiropractic patients at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa!
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Listen to this PODCAST about a Cox® Technic physician’s own experience with Cox Technic as well as his patient's whose improvement actually increased with prone spine manipulation treatment with Cox® Technic because supine (face up) treatment aggravated his pain.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic visit with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. Your West Des Moines back pain relief treatment plan includes chiropractic treatment in the prone/face down position with Cox® Technic.
