Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc Addresses the Range of Motion of the Cervical Spine in Treating Neck Pain and Headache
The cervical spine is unique among the curves of the spine. Unlike its fellow thoracic and lumbar curves, the cervical spine contains the spinal cord a bit more snugly. The diameter of the vertebral canal in which the spinal cord lies varies from 11 to 19 mm while the spinal cord measures from 7 to 14 mm depending on the spine level. If the size of the spinal canal is small and the cord big, a condition known as stenosis exists and creates greater pain and disability. (4-8) Whatever the size, there is not a lot of space for the spinal nerves that exit the spinal cord let alone any disc herniation or bone spur and such that may form. Plus, the cervical spine has to hold up the average head weighing 9 pounds! The cervical spine is amazing. No wonder it interests researchers and anatomists and chiropractors like yours at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc and produces such pain for Fort Wayne neck pain sufferers. Fortunately, your Fort Wayne chiropractor knows the cervical spine anatomy and potential painful cervical conditions in addition to the gentle, stretching treatment protocols of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to relieve the pain.
RESEACHERS STUDY THE CERVICAL SPINE MOTIONS
Such cool advances in the area of radiology are now available and may assist back pain healthcare providers like your Fort Wayne chiropractor better diagnose and treat neck pain as well as surgical colleagues develop more suitable surgical techniques! New 3D computed tomography imaging allows a look at the cervical spine in a variety of positions in normal volunteers. What did the researchers see with this? Flexion-extension range of motion is greatest at C1-2 and C4-5. C1-2 is where 70% of all axial rotation happens, too. C3-4 range of motion for lateral bending is larger than C1-2, C5-6 and C6-7. (1) The use of Cox® Technic for cervical spine pain allows segment-specific treatment of individual segment cervical spine ranges of motion to decrease pain and bring back normal ranges of motion as best as possible.
CERVICAL SPINE TREATMENT FOR CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE
The cervical spine range of motion is addressed in patients with cervicogenic headache. When Fort Wayne chiropractic patients seek care for a headache, they will often describe limited range of motion. That’s not uncommon. A randomized control trial of spinal manipulation versus spinal mobilization for relief of cervicogenic headache explained that manipulation and mobilization have similar effects on disability, pain, global rating of change score, and cervical ranges of motion. (2) Our chiropractic care of the cervical spine treats Fort Wayne neck pain as well as associated range of motion issues like acute neck pain.
SPINAL MANIPULATION FOR ACUTE NECK PAIN
Acute Fort Wayne neck pain is a typical issue for which patients will look for help from healthcare practitioners like chiropractors as well as general practitioners (GPs). Medications and/or manual therapy are usual treatments. Researchers wrote that GPs were sometimes undecided in referring for manual therapy as they weren’t sure about effectiveness and adverse events. In a review of randomized controlled trials published about the effect of spinal manipulation for acute neck pain, researchers found that spinal manipulation alone or in combination with other modalities was valuable for acute neck pain with no serious adverse effects being reported. (3) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor who understands the cervical spine well and delivers safe spinal manipulation works with Fort Wayne general practitioners to assist neck pain sufferers attain relief.
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Check out this PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how the Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction System of Spinal Pain Management helps him help his patients with neck pain and headache relief.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment now. The uniqueness of the cervical spinal curve and the pain conditions involving it merit a unique treatment protocol to ease pain. At Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc, that protocol is safe, gentle, and effective!