Our
Manahawkin chiropractic clients ask
“why”! Why do I suffer with back pain?Why do I keep getting back pain? Excellent
questions that may oftentimes be clarified with
examination findings that line up with research-documented
findings. Research can help explain that, and Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
works to keep on top of the latest (with a healthy
gratitude of the past!) research to communicate with you!
Let Manahawkin Chiropractic Center work with you to get some understanding as
to why you suffer with spine-related pain…and how we can help you get some relief of chronic back pain.
RESEARCHERS
CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS
Today’s
medical literature and researchers are requesting more info
on ‘why” manual therapy succeeds beyond current
studies supportive of the peripheral, segmental spinal, and
supraspinal mechanisms which can be assessed. A group of
researchers analyzed published reviews of other studies regarding
the means of how manual therapy affects a
body. They found support for neurovascular, neurological, and
neuropeptide/neuroimmune changes as well as the effectiveness
of pain decrease with manual therapy. (1) All of these findings
are amazing! They want to understand more.
RESEARCH ON
THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
values the efforts of a group of researchers who have been looking
at the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and beneficial
outcomes. At the ACC-RAC annual chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two
platform abstracts were delivered on Cox® Technic studies. One showed the
ability to measure lumbar spinous process movement with
ultrasound throughout the administration of flexion
distraction manipulation. The researchers highlighted the
separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second
one presented how they are able to measure
the forces delivered throughout the Cox Technic FDD spinal
manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were alleviated.
(3) The more measurements possible, the more knowledge
of “why” something works will come! We are so excited to share with our Manahawkin chiropractic patients!
FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES
Another
group of researchers plan to examine
how implementing guidelines from the American College of
Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the treatment
of low back pain. The guideline has been in the literature for a
long time, but it has not been put into action. A
study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke,
Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment recommended
is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation (which is chiropractic forte!) and exercise. (4)
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center looks forward to this study’s
outcomes! It’s time!
CONTACT
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox®
Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management, its development, its foundational
research, its current research, and its futuristic studies involving
ultrasound measurement, force application monitoring, and more.
Make
your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today.