August 2024 Healthy News from Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study reported that 80-90% of chiropractic patients suffering with sciatic leg pain said that they were “very satisfied” with their care, especially with the completeness of the examination, clear communication and information about the symptoms and diagnosis as well as well-defined expectations about the treatment and its effectiveness. (1) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is here to satisfy and surpass your expectations of care! We have published papers to support our treatment like this one that explained how patients dealing leg pain in addition to back pain got better to the same degree that low back pain alone patients did with an exercise and education program. (2) We encourage our sciatic leg pain patients to not despair! There is hope for relief of pain with our chiropractic treatment plan that combines the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Actually, a new case report was just published and accessible on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for your review that presented a case of a patient with left leg pain that went all the way into the foot who was recommended to undergo spinal surgery yet decided to undergo carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise to get relief of his disc-related sciatica. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, seek information and check into care at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Ease Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that radiates down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really disrupts its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatica, lumbar radiculopathy challenges its sufferers to really get to know their condition so that they can contain it best, not fear movement, and better take care of themselves. (4) Often this starts with just an easy exercise like hamstring stretching. A review of 344 randomized control trials that analyzed the effectiveness of hamstring stretching exercise revealed that it lessens pain intensity for low back pain, enhances straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain and radicular leg pain (sciatica), and improved function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Manahawkin chiropractic visit to Manahawkin Chiropractic Center about the proper way to do hamstring stretching for the optimal results for you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Timothy Gagan on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment and exercise protocols that help back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers find relief, manage their pain, and get back to life!
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