For all the
talk of artificial intelligence and the future of robots
and computers in our lives, the beneficial effect of
human touch can’t be supplanted. Chiropractic is a
hands-on profession. Spine & Sports Rehab Center delivers hands-on Baton Rouge
chiropractic care. Chiropractic has a long history of effective
manual manipulation and treatment for back pain, neck pain and related
extremity pain. Touch cannot be ignored in its impact on healing and isn’t ignored by your
Baton Rouge chiropractor as your pain-relieving treatment plan is
established starting with the first
day’s exam and extending through the whole
treatment process.
TOUCH IN THE DOCTOR PATIENT REALM
Touch in the relationship between
doctor and patient is
important. A recent study shares
that touch can produce neuromodulatory effects to ease
pain and reduce}decrease patient anxiety about the pain. Researchers
stated that the effect of touch begins with
the confident handshake and extends through the physical
examination, especially when the examining physician touches the area
the patient says is painful. This confirms to the patient that the doctor gets
the patient’s pain. Touch also influences treatment for
manual and manipulative treating physicians. (1) The impact of
touch can’t be denied. Your
Baton Rouge chiropractor at Spine & Sports Rehab Center recognizes that this is true and witnesses its effect every day
and is pleased to see its importance presented in
the medical literature for manual therapy’s beneficial role in the health care
system for conditions like Baton Rouge back pain, neck pain, arm pain,
and sciatic leg pain.
EFFECT OF TOUCH
A researcher commented
on an influential study’s outcomes regarding the
effect of spinal manipulation and exercise for back pain relief: “the data are
compatible with a non-specific effect caused by touch.” (2) Science seeks to quantify just how human touch affects back pain relief. Until then, chiropractic physicians like your Baton Rouge chiropractor
will welcome the effect of touch as they provide
spinal manipulation with their hands.
Baton Rouge CHIROPRACTIC
TOUCH
Chiropractors depend on
their sense of touch in providing the appropriate
forces to the spine, forces that deliver pain relief for the back
pain and neck pain patient. Experience really refines the appropriate force application. Today,
though, technology may be helpful with this as
force-feedback systems are helping doctors acquire
that vital experience. With the chiropractic technique system used
at Spine & Sports Rehab Center, research has documented just what those appropriate,
pain-relieving
forces are. (3,4) Force-measuring equipment has been
created and incorporated into teaching and
daily-use chiropractic tables. (As a bonus, in doing
the research study to assess forces with patients, no serious
adverse effects were produced. “First, do no
harm.”) (5,6) The Cox® Technic flexion distraction procedures used at
Spine & Sports Rehab Center are documented, gentle, and effective for easing
pain and decreasing intradiscal pressures (7,8). That is a
chiropractic treatment outcome combination our
Baton Rouge chiropractic patients seek.
CONTACT Spine & Sports Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explained
how Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and
chiropractic treatment may influence via senses like touch.
Set your next Baton Rouge chiropractic
visit soon. Spine & Sports Rehab Center is committed to hands-on treatment for pain relief. No computer or AI system
will substitute for your Baton Rouge chiropractor’s hands!
Come by soon!