NECK PAIN THIS TIME OF YEAR?! THERE’S
HELP!
As
much as the holiday season brings joy, for some it is a
pain in the neck. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is here to help! Chiropractic
care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is calm,
effective, and proven to alleviate pain in a reasonably
short timeframe. Non-specific neck pain patients
noted that they felt that their neck disability was improved after one cervical spine manipulation session.
(1) Even for more difficult cases (like the
following), The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management delivers
pain-relieving results. One patient with cervical spine foraminal narrowing
and radiating arm pain due to a C6-C7 cervical disc herniation reported
reduced pain and improved function in 10 visits in a month. The patient was without pain and fully functional 8 months later. (2) Another patient with a post-surgical
C6-7 fusion experiencing neck pain and back pain reported decreased pain (which fell from
8/10 to 3/10) in 12 visits over 3 months with Cox® treatment. (3) A review
of published papers on the effectiveness of manual therapy for chronic
neck pain, described as a safe and less painful method to
ease chronic neck pain, proposed that manipulative
therapy reduces the degree of chronic neck pain
and neck disability. (4) And most patients don’t have to undergo
care ‘forever’. A new study documented that chiropractors
do not recommend continued care except for certain types of neck pain patients: only 39% of
patients were recommended for care beyond 4 weeks
with long duration of neck pain being the most commong guide
for continued care. (5) Our Cox® Technic treatment plan for cervical spine pain is gentle and effective for Sitka
neck pain whether it is acute or chronic, going into
the shoulder or down the arm or centralized to the neck. This time of year, neck
pain patients walk in our door daily! We are prepared
to help each one find a little more JOY of
the season!
Sitka CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise those Neck Muscles!
Cervical spine pain patients who want Sitka pain relief - relief that lasts - often get
it when they add exercise. A simple elastic band exercise program proved effective for non-specific neck pain lessening
and better strength of cervical spine flexor and extensor muscles as well as scapular. (6) To
improve neck pain and disability effects, a study tested and discovered
that isometric exercises significantly lessened neck
disability index scores after 4 weeks for cervical spondylosis patients. (7)
These are straightforward exercises that do not
take long to do or to have a beneficial effect on neck pain. So
good!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Hilary Murray on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson about her
pain-relieving chiropractic treatment plan following The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a male patient dealing
with neck and shoulder pain.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Be sure to schedule your next Sitka
chiropractic visit with us scheduled in your holiday
plans!
We
wish you a happy and joyful holiday season!
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