Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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 the thoracic and lumbar spine 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 level of the spine. If the size of the spinal canal is small and the cord big, a condition known as stenosis exists and makes pain and disability a greater problem. (4-8) Whatever the size, there is not a lot of space for the spinal nerves that leave the spinal cord let alone any disc herniation or bone spur and such that may develop. Plus, the cervical spine has to support the average 9-pound head! The cervical spine is amazing. No wonder it interests researchers and anatomists and chiropractors like yours at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers and produces such pain for Baton Rouge neck pain sufferers. Luckily, your Baton Rouge chiropractor understands 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 Baton Rouge chiropractor more beneficially diagnose and treat neck pain as well as surgical colleagues develop more appropriate surgical techniques! New 3D computed tomography imaging allows a look at the cervical spine in various positions in normal volunteers. What did the researchers find happens in the neck 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 greater 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 relieve pain and restore normal ranges of motion as optimally as possible.
CERVICAL SPINE TREATMENT FOR CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE
The cervical spine range of motion is involved in patients with cervicogenic headache. When Baton Rouge chiropractic patients seek care for a headache, they’ll often note limited range of motion. That’s not uncommon. A randomized control trial of spinal manipulation versus spinal mobilization for relief of cervicogenic headache reported 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 addresses Baton Rouge neck pain as well as associated range of motion issues like acute neck pain.
SPINAL MANIPULATION FOR ACUTE NECK PAIN
Acute Baton Rouge neck pain is a common condition for which patients will seek help from healthcare practitioners like chiropractors and general practitioners (GPs). Medications and/or manual therapy are usual treatments. Researchers state that GPs were sometimes uncertain in referring for manual therapy as they weren’t sure about effectiveness and adverse events. In a review of randomized controlled trials published regarding the effect of spinal manipulation for acute neck pain, researchers revealed that spinal manipulation alone or combined with other therapies was effective for acute neck pain with no reported serious adverse effects. (3) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor who knows the cervical spine well and delivers safe spinal manipulation works with Baton Rouge general practitioners to help neck pain sufferers get relief.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how the Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction System of Spinal Pain Management helps him help his patients with neck pain and headache relief.
Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment now. The uniqueness of the cervical spinal curve and the pain conditions affecting it merit a unique treatment protocol to ease pain. At Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers, that protocol is safe, gentle, and effective!