Can Chiropractic Relieve Neck Pain? Sitka Chiropractic Thoracic Spine Treatment Helps Ease Neck and Arm Pain.
The spine. Its five sections make up one spine, so it’s logical that treating one area might affect another. So fascinating. So recently published! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka enjoys new research, and this new research indicates that treating the thoracic spine beneficially influences the status of the cervical spine. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is completely in favor of the two-for-one effect for spinal pain reduction! When problems of cervical spine myelopathy and disc herniation are involved, Sitka neck pain patients will be, too.
CERVICAL SPINE PAIN
Cervical spine pain may involve neck pain as well as radiculopathy or cervical radicular pain down the arm. Cervical spine related diseases like this may trigger other issues, too. For example, patients with cervical spine spinal cord disease have 3 times more likelihood of having cardiovascular disease. Rapidly progressive cervical spine myelopathy patients are likely to have a history of a cardiovascular event and exhibit C4/5 disc hyperintensity on T2-MRI images. (1) Another interesting study of patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy - a progressive spine disease involving cervical spinal cord compression – discovered that patient evaluation of the quality of care they received comes down to satisfaction. The research findings, therefore, reiterate the importance of explaining to patients what to expect to boost satisfaction: At 12 months following surgery for neck degenerative myelopathy, the relief of pain and function issues may be improved (37%), may be the same (55%), or may decline (7%). (2) Honesty is the best way in life and in doctor-patient interactions. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka shares its proposed treatment’s expected outcomes as well as the course of healing to be expected on day one. (ex: “Some days will be nicer than others as you heal. Healing happens when the good days begin to exceed the poor ones.”) Sitka chiropractic care incorporating gentle chiropractic adjusting – like with Cox® Technic – enhances the odds of good days and more good days!
THORACIC SPINE ADJUSTING HELPS CERVICAL SPINE PAIN
Chiropractic treatment of the thoracic spine can be quite gentle and pain-relieving not just for the thoracic spine but also the cervical spine. Thoracic spine thrust adjusting has been shown to improve cervical spine pain and improve disability. A recent article tells of improvements in pain, disability, cervical spine range of motion, and deep neck flexor endurance in patients who have cervical spine radiculopathy after just one treatment. These changes were most reported by patients 48 to 72 hours after treatment. (3) Neighboring cervical and thoracic spine sections feed off of each other’s care! Wonderful! There is that positive two-for-one effect again.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Chris Deveau on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson who using with Cox® Technic enhanced the neck and arm pain – and sleep - for a patient. There are numerous 2-for-1 benefits of chiropractic care!
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka for a two-for-one benefit of pain reduction and spinal range of motion improvement in the hands of your Sitka chiropractor! Your chiropractor delights in caring for your spine and maintaining the health of all its 5 sections.
