At Executive Chiropractic of Iowa, our West Des Moines chiropractic patients
get cutting-edge spinal care in the form of Cox®
Technic, known, well-studied
and relieving for back pain. Cox® Technic is really
around the world…and right here in West Des Moines! In this article,
you’ll read studies from Spain, Korea,
Japan, and the US about Cox® Technic and how it relieves
back pain.
SPAIN: 50% AND SUPERIOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
A new research paper by researchers and
physiotherapists in Spain reports that patients treated with flexion distraction spinal manipulation attain
at least 50% improvement. Further, flexion distraction outcomes are
superior to high velocity low amplitude thrust technique outcomes. (1) A note
on this 50% improvement marker: Cox® Technic protocols look for
at least 50% improvement within the first month of care for most spine pain
conditions at which time (a) visit frequency is decreased by 50% and
(b) treatment would now include some range of motion treatment to spinal
segments. And if you feel “Well, 50% doesn’t seem like that
much.” Executive Chiropractic of Iowa must share that medicine now looks
at 30% and even 20% improvement as “minimal clinical
improvement” to declare a medical procedure like spine surgery valuable
to perform. (2, 3) Compared to those
markers for a practice to be medically beneficial, Cox®
Technic’s 50% Rule guide and attainment is amazing! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
finds that many of our patients attain even greater improvement:
60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and higher. All cases and patients differ and
have their own distinctive issues, but the clinical
outcomes are pleasing for West Des Moines back pain
sufferers who really want to get back to a reasonable quality of life.
JAPAN & US: TRACTION AND COX® TECHNIC
Traction is effective treatment…for some
and when it’s applied to the right type of
patient. 83.2% of patients did in a Japanese study. These researchers presented
that lumbar traction can deliver a distractive force and that
patients showed an immediate response to it. They
also admitted that traction research lacks
reproducibility, biomechanical confirmation, and clinical validation of its effectiveness.
(4) Cox Technic can show researched effects. Cox®
Technic biomechanical studies documented that the lumbar spine disc
pressures drop to as low as -192mmHg, the lumbar canal area increases
by 28%, the disc height increases by 17%, and ranges of motion
can be returned to specific spinal segments. (5) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
proposes that Cox® Technic is well-researched, segment
specific spinal manipulation with predictable clinical outcomes.
KOREA: COX® TECHNIC POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE SPINE
And in Korea, researchers discovered that
disc heights significantly increased in chronic low back pain
patients treated with flexion distraction and joint
mobilization techniques. How does this happen? They explained that
this treatment created negative pressure in the disc space to pull
the displaced disc content back to the center and got rid
of painful stimuli from the annular fibers to decrease
pain. (6) Just what Gudavalli et al found
in their biomechanical research of the effects of Cox® Technic flexion
distraction on the lumbar spine in the 1990’s! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa talks
about these biomechanical effects with our West Des Moines back pain
patients all the time. It’s vital
to have science behind what we do.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST
with Ram Gudavalli, PhD, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Gudavalli is the principle
investigator who has led much
of the biomechanical and clinical research studies – retrospective, prospective
and experimental with cadavers – about the effects of Cox Technic
flexion distraction. He, too, enhances the world-wide flare of Cox®
Technic as he moved to the US from India! We’re
so grateful he did.
Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment
today. While Cox® Technic is studied world-wide, it’s offered right here in West Des Moines for
your spinal health and back pain relief and management.