August 2024 Healthy News from Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study documented that 80-90% of chiropractic patients suffering with sciatic leg pain reported themselves to be “very satisfied” with their care, particularly with the thorough examination, understandable communication and information about the symptoms and diagnosis as well as well-defined expectations about the treatment and its helpfulness. (1) We are here to satisfy and surpass your expectations of care! We have published papers to verify our treatment like this one that explained how patients suffering with leg pain in addition to back pain got better to the same extent as low back pain alone patients with an exercise and education program. (2) We urge our sciatic leg pain patients to not give up! There is hope for pain relief with our chiropractic treatment plan that offers the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. As a matter of fact, a new case report was just published and accessible on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for your review that described a case of a patient with left leg pain that went all the way into the foot who was recommended to undergo spinal surgery yet decided to undergo carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise to get relief of his discogenic sciatica. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, seek information and check into care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Ease Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that radiates down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really disrupts its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatic leg pain, lumbar radiculopathy challenges its sufferers to understand their condition so that they can control it best, not fear doing everyday motions, and better take care of themselves. (4) Often this starts with just an easy exercise like hamstring stretching. A review of 344 randomized control trials that analyzed the effectiveness of hamstring stretching exercise found that it lessens pain intensity for low back pain, enhances straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain with radicular leg pain (sciatica), and improved function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Sitka chiropractic visit to Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka about the right way to do hamstring stretching for the optimal results for you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Timothy Gagan on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment and exercise protocols that help back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers find relief, manage their pain, and get back to life!
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