Spinal decompression. It’s common
today in back pain management for back pain relief. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows our West Des Moines
chiropractic patients hear about spinal decompression, too. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
shares this discussion about West Des Moines spinal
decompression and how Executive Chiropractic of Iowa addresses spinal decompression with Cox Technic.
West Des Moines Spinal Decompression Defined
Spinal decompression is defined by the oft-referenced
website “WebMD” as a gentle stretching of the spine that changes the force and
position of the spine to take pressure off the spinal discs. How? The negative
pressure generated by spinal decompression over time may help
reduce herniated discs and take
pressure off of the spinal nerves and other spinal structures and allow water,
oxygen, and nutrient-rich fluids to get into the discs so they can heal. (12)
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa concurs with this description
and aspires to do just that with West Des Moines chiropractic care via spinal manipulation with the chiropractic method
known as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation.
West Des Moines Chiropractic Spinal Decompression: Cox Technic
Cox Technic offered at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is well
documented with biomechanical and clinical research studies to reduce back pain
and neck pain and drop intradiscal pressures. It is effective. That’s why Executive Chiropractic of Iowa chooses to apply it. A team of chiropractic
and medical researchers and research-center based as well as private-practice clinicians
design the studies, participate in them, and publish the outcomes of these multi-disciplinary,
federally funded, multi-facility, randomized clinical control trials using the
published protocols documented in textbooks and journals. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Biomechanical Outcomes (6)
Spinal decompression via Cox Technic biomechanically allows for
lumbar spine intradiscal pressure drops to as low as -192
mmHg and increases in intervertebral foramen nerve opening area by 28% and disc height by 2mm. (7) Spinal
decompression via Cox Technic allows for cervical spine
intradiscal pressure drops of as much as 168 kPa (kilopascals) which is about
1260 mmHg. (13) Cox Technic spinal decompression takes pressure off the spinal discs and nerves.
Clinical Outcomes
West Des Moines chiropractic spinal decompression with
Cox Technic produces back pain relief for lumbar spine back
pain patients in an average of 12 visits and 29 days. (8) In the 1000 cases
study, 91% of participating chiropractic patients found relief in less than 90
days, preventing back pain sufferers from crossing
over into the more high-priced as well as life-changing
category of chronic pain. (8) This type of West Des Moines spinal decompression
relieves radiculopathy (leg pain) superiorly
when put up against medical conservative care, primarily
physical therapy (PT). (9) Additionally, patients cared for
with spinal decompression as Cox Technic obtained less
care (3) and described less pain (4) in the following year of the study than did the PT patients.
Effectiveness and Cost of Chiropractic Spinal Decompression
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers chiropractic spinal decompression as
spinal manipulation in the form of flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic). Your
West Des Moines chiropractor at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is ready to
help West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients reduce
and control their pain. West Des Moines chiropractic spinal decompression in
the form of Cox Technic flexion distraction is insurance coded as spinal
manipulation. It’s chiropractic which current
published reports detail as costing less than 2% of the total price to treat a
lumbar herniated disc (10) and costing 40% less than medical doctor started
care for back pain. (11)
Contact Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for less expensive, quite effective,
evidence-based, non-surgical spinal decompression.