September 2020 Healthy News from Executive Chiropractic of Iowa: Cox Technic Relieves Back Pain due to Disc Extrusion with Spondylolytic Spondylolisthesis and Eat an Apple!
Extruded discs by themselves are painful and many times believed to be surgical issues. Spondylolytic spondylolisthesis alone is a disabling, painful condition and many times considered a surgical issue necessitating fusion. Combine the two of these in one patient and the West Des Moines chiropractic patient and the treating physician like your West Des Moines chiropractor face a challenge that demands gentle, experienced care. A newly published case report of a patient with an extruded disc – one that has escaped its outer bands and settled into the spinal canal space – and spondylolytic spondylolisthesis – involving separation of the pars interarticularis – detailed how just 9 visits in a month resulted in pain relief. The patient who ranked his pain a 9 out of 10 (a 10 indicating the worst pain) on visit 1 rated it 0 out of 10 on visit 9. At 10 years follow-up, the patient had no orthopedic or neurological issues and reported no recurrence of the earlier symptoms. (1) What was the treatment plan? The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, the same care offered at our chiropractic clinic. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa embraces challenging West Des Moines back pain cases like this!
Listen to this PODCAST with chiropractic back pain specialist, Dr. Casey Bearden on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shared how spondylolisthesis with disc bulges positively responded to his treatment using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
Delight in This Apple Season!
Feed the gut. Lose some weight and raise your bone density to help your spine. Reduce your risk of diabetes and heart disease. Protect the brain. How? Have an apple! Apples are amazingly healthy! They have few calories, good pre-biotic pectin that feeds the good gut bacteria, plenty of fiber and water to make you feel full, loads of antioxidant polyphenols in the peel, acetylcholine-level-preserving factors to protect the brain, and flavonoids that may lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and stroke risk. (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Apples round out a healthy chiropractic approach to life!
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