The Illusive Pop of Spinal Manipulation
“To Pop or Not to Pop” is understandably a
twist on an age-old Shakespearean quote for an age-old chiropractic
spinal manipulation discussion point. The answer
today is that it’s not a necessary
measure of back pain relief from spinal
manipulation treatment (SMT), yet back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know more. Present-day
guidelines for managing low back pain
stress patient education and exercise as important
issues. Healthcare practitioners are
pretty good (72% overall) at delivering
information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in
sharing 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 presented 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 found 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 related to an audible pop. (2) Good
thing since some patients have it, and some don’t.
Patients whose practitioners told them
about the audible pop - and those who weren’t spinal manipulation patients - reported
curious theories of what caused that sound
and had overemphasized ideas of its importance. (3) Instead of
the question “To pop or not to pop?” the better 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 Spine & Sports Rehab Center!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details
the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Vitamin D for Adrenal Gland Support
Vitamin D is
popular and abundantly researched beyond its
longer term reputation in 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 makes cortisol which
regulates the sleep/wake cycle, body’s utilization of
fats/proteins/carbs, inflammation, blood pressure as well as
raises blood sugar and reduces bone formation.
(B) The adrenal medulla manufactures “stress hormones”
epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) in charge
of the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues
keep people awake at night…for real! Although not yet
conclusive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in
a new study to support adrenal health. (6)
Spine & Sports Rehab Center is excited to talk about vitamin D
and any adrenal gland issues you may be having.
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