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Sitka Chiropractic Newsletter for January 2015

  
IMMEDIATE CHANGES AFTER CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION
 
Manual therapy like chiropractic spinal manipulation promptly influences the brain as it processes the pain experience which may be the source of pain relief for patients. (1) Astonishing research! Our chiropractic manipulation is effective!

   
 
CHIROPRACTIC COX® TECHNIC IS REPRODUCIBLE AMONG CLINICIANS

Not all treatment technique delivery systems can say this, but Cox Technic is well studied and its training is being refined all the time. This report shows that treating clinicians can be trained to deliver the proper forces to neck pain patients 97% of the time! (2) This reproducibility is vital to patients' continued healing should they need to seek care from physician to physician.

 
 
VITAMIN D MAY HELP PREVENT TYPE I DIABETES

Research continues to document the value of Vitamin D. This latest bit of news shares that its immune-modulating properties may allow it to play a potential therapeutic role in preventing Type I Diabetes Mellitus. (3)

 
 
DEPRESSION AFFECTS BACK PAIN CARE OUTCOMES
 
Depression predicts a worse quality of life outcome for back pain patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. The worse the depression, the lower the outcomes for quality of life. (4) Our examination is thorough. You'll be asked how you are feeling both physically and mentally.
 
 
 
MANIPULATION IMPROVES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STATE

Chronic low back pain patients benefit positively from mobilization and manipulation of the thoracic-lumbar vertebrae. Patients' mental state, functioning and range of motion is improved. (5) Those are terrific side-effects of care like our spinal manipulation! 

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