Sitka Back Pain Patients Favorite Question: Why? Research Answers

April 29, 2025

Our Sitka chiropractic patients want to know “why”! Why do I have back pain? Why do I keep getting back pain? Understandable questions that may oftentimes be answered with examination findings that line up with research-documented findings. Research can help illuminate that, and Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka works to keep abreast of the latest (with a healthy appreciation of the past!) research to share with you! Let Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka work with you to get some insights as to why you experience spine-related pain…and how we can help you get some relief of chronic back pain.

RESEARCHERS CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS

Today’s medical literature and researchers are requesting more information on ‘why” manual therapy works beyond current studies supportive of the peripheral, segmental spinal, and supraspinal mechanisms which can be assessed. A group of researchers analyzed published reviews of other studies involving the mechanism of how manual therapy influences a body. They uncovered support for neurovascular, neurological, and neuropeptide/neuroimmune modifications as well as the effectiveness of pain reduction with manual therapy. (1) All of these findings are great! They want to understand more.

RESEARCH ON THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES

Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka values the efforts of a group of researchers who have been looking at the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and beneficial results. At the ACC-RAC chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two platform abstracts were delivered about Cox® Technic. One discussed the ability to calculate lumbar spinous process movement with ultrasound during the delivery of flexion distraction manipulation. The researchers noted separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second one presented how they are able to assess the forces delivered throughout the Cox® Technic FDD spinal manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were alleviated. (3) The more measurements done, the more understanding of “why” something works will evolve! We are so excited to share with our Sitka chiropractic patients!

FOLLOWING GUIDELINES

Another group of researchers have planned a new project to examine how applying guidelines from the American College of Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the treatment of low back pain. The guideline has been in the literature for a long time, but it has not been put into action. A study has been approved by several Institutional Review Boards: Duke, Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment endorsed is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation and exercise. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka looks forward to this study’s outcomes! It’s time!

CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, its development, its foundational research, its current research, and its futuristic studies involving ultrasound measurement, force application monitoring, and more.

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