At Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic, our Eugene chiropractic patients
receive cutting-edge spinal care in the form of Cox®
Technic, recognized, researched
and helpful for back pain. Cox® Technic is truly
around the world…and right here in Eugene! In this article,
you will read studies from Spain, Korea,
Japan, and the US regarding Cox® Technic and how it eases
back pain.
SPAIN: 50% AND SUPERIOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
A recent research paper by researchers and
physiotherapists in Spain describes how patients cared
for with flexion distraction spinal manipulation get
at least 50% improvement. Further, flexion distraction outcomes are
superior to high velocity low amplitude thrust technique outcomes. (1) A note
on this 50% improvement marker: Cox® Technic protocols look for
at least 50% improvement within the first month of care for most spine pain
conditions at which time (a) visit frequency is reduced by 50% and
(b) treatment would now include some range of motion treatment to spinal
segments. And if you think “Well, 50% doesn’t seem like that
much.” Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic must remind you that medicine now sees 30% and even 20% improvement as “minimal clinical
improvement” to deem a medical procedure like spine surgery worthwhile
to do. (2, 3) Compared to those
markers for a procedure to be medically beneficial, Cox®
Technic’s 50% Rule guide and attainment is amazing! Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
finds that many of our patients get even more improvement:
60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and higher. All cases and patients vary and
have their own unique concerns, but the clinical
outcomes are satisfactory for Eugene back pain
sufferers who just want to get back to an
agreeable quality of life.
JAPAN & US: TRACTION AND COX® TECHNIC
Traction is effective treatment…for some
and when it’s used with the right type of
patient. 83.2% of patients did in a Japanese study. These researchers presented
that lumbar traction can provide a distractive force and that
patients exhibited an instant response to it. They
also admitted that traction research lacks
reproducibility, biomechanical confirmation, and clinical validation of its effectiveness.
(4) Cox Technic can present researched effects. Cox®
Technic biomechanical studies found that the lumbar spine disc
pressures drop to as low as -192mmHg, the lumbar canal area increases
by 28%, the disc height increases by 17%, and ranges of motion
can be returned to specific spinal segments. (5) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
offers that Cox® Technic is well-researched, segment
specific spinal manipulation with predictable clinical outcomes.
KOREA: COX® TECHNIC POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE SPINE
And in Korea, researchers revealed that
disc heights significantly enlarged in chronic low back pain
patients handled with joint mobilization and flexion distraction techniques. How does this happen? They explained that
this treatment created negative pressure in the disc space to pull
the moved disc content back to the center and removed painful stimuli from the annular fibers to reduce
pain. (6) Just what Gudavalli et al found
in their biomechanical research of the effects of Cox® Technic flexion
distraction on the lumbar spine in the 1990’s! Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic shares these biomechanical effects with our Eugene back pain
patients daily. It’s key
to have science behind what we do.
CONTACT Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Ram Gudavalli, PhD, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Gudavalli is the principle
investigator who has managed a great deal
of the biomechanical and clinical research studies – retrospective, prospective
and experimental with cadavers – into the effects of Cox Technic
flexion distraction. He, too, adds to the world-wide flare of Cox®
Technic as he came here from India! We are
so grateful he did.
Schedule your Eugene chiropractic appointment
today. While Cox® Technic is studied all around
the world, it’s offered right here in Eugene for
your spinal health and back pain relief and management.