At Satterwhite Chiropractic, our Oxford chiropractic patients
get cutting-edge spinal care in the form of Cox®
Technic that is recognized, well-studied
and helpful for back pain. Cox® Technic is really
around the world…and right here in Oxford! In this piece,
you’ll see studies from Spain, Korea,
Japan, and the US about Cox® Technic and how it eases
back pain.
SPAIN: 50% AND SUPERIOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
A recent research paper by researchers and
physiotherapists in Spain reports that patients cared
for with flexion distraction spinal manipulation attain
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 decreased 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.” Satterwhite Chiropractic must remind you that medicine now considers 30% and even 20% improvement as “minimal clinical
improvement” to deem a medical procedure like spine surgery worthwhile
to offer. (2, 3) Contrasted with those
markers for a procedure to be medically beneficial, Cox®
Technic’s 50% Rule guide and attainment is marvelous! Satterwhite Chiropractic
finds that many of our patients get even more improvement:
60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and higher. All cases and patients differ and
have their own unique concerns, but the clinical
outcomes are pleasing for Oxford back pain
sufferers who really want to return to a reasonable 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 showed an immediate response to it. They
also admitted that traction research is short on
reproducibility, biomechanical confirmation, and clinical validation of its effectiveness.
(4) Cox Technic can show researched effects. Cox®
Technic biomechanical studies documented 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) Satterwhite Chiropractic
proposes 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 discovered that
disc heights significantly increased in chronic low back pain
patients handled with flexion distraction and joint
mobilization techniques. Why
did 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 got rid
of painful stimuli from the annular fibers to reduce
pain. (6) Just what Gudavalli et al discovered
in their biomechanical research of the effects of Cox® Technic flexion
distraction on the lumbar spine in the 1990’s! Satterwhite Chiropractic shares these biomechanical effects with our Oxford back pain
patients all the time. It is vital
to have science behind what we do.
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
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 much
of the biomechanical and clinical research studies – retrospective, prospective
and experimental with cadavers – about the effects of Cox Technic
flexion distraction. He, too, enhances the world-wide flare of Cox®
Technic as he moved to the US from India! We’re
so thankful he did.
Schedule your Oxford chiropractic appointment
today. While Cox® Technic is researched world-wide, it’s offered right here in Oxford for
your spinal health and back pain relief and management.