Healthy News November 2022
“To Pop or Not to Pop” is understandably a twist on an age-old Shakespearean quote for an age-old chiropractic spinal manipulation question. Today’s answer is that it’s not a required measure of back pain relief from spinal manipulation treatment (SMT), yet back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know all they can. Present-day guidelines for handling low back pain stress patient education and exercise as important topics of discussion. Healthcare practitioners are pretty good (72% overall) at sharing information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in delivering patient education for 76% of patients with physical therapists at 74% and general practitioners at just 44%. The more emotional distress a patient exhibited or pain described as below the knee, information was shared with 78% of patients. (1) An important topic for Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients undergoing spinal manipulation treatment (SMT) is this sometimes-audible pop. A systematic review of published studies revealed that regardless of the spinal area or follow-up time after the SMT, nothing was found that showed evidence of improved pain outcomes or treatment success associated with an audible pop. (2) This is good to know since some patients have it, and some don’t. Patients whose practitioners told them about the audible pop - and others who weren’t spinal manipulation patients - reported curious theories of what made that sound and had overemphasized ideas of its importance. (3) Rather than the question “To pop or not to pop?” the more appropriate question for you and your Baton Rouge chiropractor might “Is there pain relief or not?” With our gentle chiropractic care, there is pain relief for many Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain sufferers. Let’s talk about all of this at your next chiropractic visit at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Vitamin D enjoys a favored reputation and is abundantly researched beyond its earlier role of supporting phospho-calcium metabolism and skeletal bone disorders. Today, research has well-established vitamin D as a hormone and recounted vitamin D as influential in a variety of diseases from cancer, inflammation, and autoimmunity (Hashimoto’s, Graves’, diabetes) to adrenal gland health and disease (Cushing’s, Addison’s). (4) The adrenal gland has two main parts: (A) The adrenal cortex produces cortisol which regulates the sleep/wake cycle, body’s use of fats/proteins/carbs, inflammation, blood pressure as well as increases blood sugar and reduces bone formation. (B) The adrenal medulla makes “stress hormones” epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) responsible for the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues keep people awake at night…literally! Although not yet definitive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in a new study to support adrenal health. (6) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is excited to talk about vitamin D and any adrenal gland issues you may be experiencing.
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