West Des Moines Chiropractic Healthy News from Executive Chiropractic of Iowa - May 2017

Pain Relief with West Des Moines Chiropractic Care: Cox Technic

Ahhhh. Chiropractic care relief!

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa incorporates Cox Technic into the West Des Moines treatment plan forWest Des Moines back pain relief. Cox Technic research demonstrates a 17% increase in disc height in addition to the 28% increase in area and a lowering of intradiscal pressures to as low as a -192 mmHg. (1) Traction effectively raises the disc height of lower lumbar spine discs. (2) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa recognizes the good of this increase.

And flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic, distraction manipulation as used in this West Des Moines chiropractic practice) diminishes neuropathic pain, pain that goes into the legs that often accompanies low back pain. Neuropathic pain with low back pain is a pain! The good news is that non-thrust, non-drug spinal manipulation like Cox Technic is regularly used to reduce low back pain. Just one month of Cox Technic, a form of chiropractic spinal manipulation, relieves pain in chronic low back pain patients with leg pain contrasted with those without leg pain. Great news! A new study with rats reaffirms that using Cox Technic offers short-term pain-relief like that in human clinical studies. (3) That’s why Executive Chiropractic of Iowa chooses to use it with our West Des Moines back pain patients!

Further, spinal manipulation affects pain regulators in the nervous system like substance-p, neurotensin, and oxytocin along with interleukin and cortisol (“the stress hormone”) levels after treatment. (4) That is a goal of West Des Moines chiropractic treatment: to quieten the nervous system when it’s upset by pain.

West Des Moines back pain relief is possible with West Des Moines chiropractic care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa! Schedule an appointment today!

West Des Moines Chiropractic Tip of the Month: Take Calcium

“You Need It. I don’t.”

Funny how recommendations are always for someone else! A Canadian study reported that, when questioned, young adults recognized that calcium is essential for kids and older adults but not how important it was for them. (5) Calcium is key for all ages! Your West Des Moines chiropractor is ready to talk just how important it is for you.

We look forward to your next West Des Moines visit soon at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa!

Contact Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today, and schedule your next West Des Moines chiropractic visit.