Healthy News November 2022
“To Pop or Not to Pop” is understandably a twist on an age-old Shakespearean quote for an age-old chiropractic spinal manipulation discussion point. The answer today is that it’s not a necessary gauge of back pain relief from spinal manipulation treatment (SMT), yet back pain and neck pain patients undergoing SMT want and need to know all they can. Current guidelines for handling low back pain stress patient education and exercise as important issues. Healthcare practitioners are pretty good (72% overall) at sharing information. By profession, though, chiropractors lead in sharing patient education for 76% of patients with physical therapists at 74% and general practitioners at only 44%. The more emotionally distressed a patient seemed or the pain extended below the knee, information was shared with 78% of patients. (1) A valuable topic for Juneau back pain and neck pain patients undergoing spinal manipulation treatment (SMT) is this sometimes-audible pop. A systematic review of published studies revealed that regardless of the spinal area or follow-up time after the SMT, there was no research evidence of improved pain outcomes or success of the treatment related to an audible pop. (2) Good thing since some patients have it, and some don’t. Patients whose practitioners explained the audible pop to them - and those who weren’t spinal manipulation patients - reported curious theories of what created that sound and had overemphasized ideas of its importance. (3) Instead of the question “To pop or not to pop?” the better question for you and your Juneau chiropractor might “Is there pain relief or not?” With our gentle chiropractic care, there is pain relief for many Juneau back pain and neck pain sufferers. We look forward to talking with you at your next chiropractic visit at Aurora Chiropractic Center!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details the gentle spinal manipulation treatment of spinal stenosis with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Vitamin D is popular and abundantly researched beyond its earlier role of supporting phospho-calcium metabolism and skeletal bone disorders. Today, research has well-established vitamin D as a hormone and recounted vitamin D as influential for various diseases from cancer, inflammation, and autoimmunity (Hashimoto’s, Graves’, diabetes) to adrenal gland health and disease (Cushing’s, Addison’s). (4) The adrenal gland has two main parts: (A) The adrenal cortex produces cortisol which regulates the sleep/wake cycle, body’s utilization of fats/proteins/carbs, inflammation, blood pressure as well as increases blood sugar and reduces bone formation. (B) The adrenal medulla makes “stress hormones” epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (noradrenaline) in charge of the fight or flight response. (5) Adrenal gland issues keep people awake at night…literally! Although not yet conclusive, 800-2000IU a day was proposed in one recent study to support adrenal health. (6) Aurora Chiropractic Center is ready to discuss vitamin D and any adrenal gland issues you may be having.
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