December 2020 Healthy News from Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Help for Depression and Calf Cramps
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” or so the song goes. Whether it’s due to being 2020 or having normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year may not be so much for you. Symptoms of depression (agitation, insomnia, anxiety, high adrenalin, high cortisol) are reportedly owing to an overactive sympathetic nervous system. A recent study on the effect of chiropractic and spinal manipulation along with vagal nerve stimulation announced some optimistic news. These approaches may well be positive treatment options for depression via regulation of the autonomic nervous system which chiropractic care and spinal manipulation do at the peripheral nervous system level and extend to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system thereby can counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known for being essential for anti-depressive therapies’ effectiveness. (1) What is all this really saying? Come in for a Sitka chiropractic visit for Sitka back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Leave with a little more cheer. During this wonderful time of year, we want a happy Santa…and a happy you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, chiropractic back pain specialist and developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system and other conditions it impacts like depression.
Sitka CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps
Calf cramps hurt! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often get calf cramps, disrupting good sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles prone to cramps reduced cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity was helpful! It doesn’t take much. 55% and 85% were effective as well. The decrease in cramps was linked to an increase in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study confirmed what a 2018 study discovered as well. (3) If calf cramps trouble you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka will work on them!
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Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic appointment today with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Gratefully, we wish you a most wonderful holiday season!