West Des Moines Spinal Decompression

Spinal decompression. It is ”in” today in back pain management for back pain relief. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows our West Des Moines chiropractic patients are curious about spinal decompression, too. Here is a 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 well-known 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 goes along with this explanation and aspires to do just that with West Des Moines chiropractic care via spinal manipulation with the system known as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation.

West Des Moines Chiropractic Spinal Decompression: Cox Technic

Cox Technic used by 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’s effective. That’s why Executive Chiropractic of Iowa uses 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 creates lumbar spine intradiscal pressure decreases 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 creates 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 results in 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, curbing back pain sufferers from crossing over into the more expensive as well as life-changing category of chronic pain. (8) This type of West Des Moines spinal decompression alleviates radiculopathy (leg pain) superiorly when put up against medical conservative care, mainly physical therapy (PT). (9) Additionally, patients treated with spinal decompression as Cox Technic needed less care (3) and said they had 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 lessen 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 studies document as costing less than 2% of the total fee to treat a lumbar herniated disc (10) and costing 40% less than medical doctor initiated care for back pain. (11)

Schedule a West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for economical, quite effective, evidence-based, non-surgical spinal decompression.