Is Baton Rouge Spinal Traction Face Down Or Face Up Best? Face Down!
Face up? Face down? When handling neck pain or low back pain that is an issue for your Baton Rouge chiropractor and for the spine researcher (and occasionally the curious patient!) concerning which position is most beneficial. For the Baton Rouge back pain specialist who is a hands-on treating doctor, prone (face down) is more useful so he or she can get his or her hands on the spine. For your Baton Rouge spine specialist, prone is surely preferred as Cox Technic flexion distraction and decompression spinal manipulation is used. At Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers prone spinal care is our back pain relief specialty, and research approves!
ADVANTAGES OF PRONE TREATMENT
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers bases its Baton Rouge chiropractic treatment on research. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers keeps abreast of13 new spinal care research. In a new study of traction, patient-rated disability and pain scores demonstrated that traction in the prone position resulted in immediate and significant improvements. (1) Another study reported that a hallmark of spinal traction could lie in the fluid exchange in the disc as trunk muscle activity is minimal. (2) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers perceives the values of relaxing the trunk muscles, enhancing the fluid exchange in the disc (as Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is well aware that nutrition of the disc counts on this and is why disc nutrition supplementation is often included in the treatment plan), and distracting the spine.
COX TECHNIC PRONE MANIPULATION
Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers uses an exceptional form of spinal distraction called Cox Technic that is research-documented and gentle in its ability to relieve back pain and neck pain. In using Cox Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation for back pain relief, your Baton Rouge chiropractor has you lie prone (face down) on a uniquely designed chiropractic treatment table that has a non-moving chest support piece and movable support piece for your legs. Researchers explain that the proper forces a chiropractor is to apply to the lumbar or cervical spine on this type of table with Cox Technic can be instructed reliably for clinical reproducibility by chiropractors like yours at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers. This means a patient can be treated by one trained chiropractor in much the same way as by another trained chiropractor. (3,4,5) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor is trained in this. Using the appropriate forces makes available the best opportunity to replicate the clinical back pain relief for Baton Rouge low back pain patients as chiropractic researchers have recorded in their research studies. That is thrilling to your Baton Rouge chiropractor and alleviating to the Baton Rouge chiropractic patients at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers!
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Listen to this PODCAST about a Cox® Technic physician’s own experience with Cox Technic as well as his patient's whose improvement really increased with prone spine manipulation treatment with Cox® Technic because supine (face up) treatment worsened his pain.
Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic visit with Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers today. Your Baton Rouge back pain relief treatment plan incorporates chiropractic treatment in the prone/face down position with Cox® Technic.
