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Healthy News June 2024

image Carrolltown chiropractic ultrasound imaging of spinal vertebrae during treatment

READY TO SEE YOUR SPINE MOVE?! Exciting Prospect!

Are you curious about what your spine looks like moving under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your Carrolltown chiropractor! - are underway leading in that direction! A recent study was just released that documented the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process gapping - the change in distance between the spinous processes as they open - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is a particular treatment protocol that specific segment motion can be elicited. Say, for a patient experiencing pain with an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have documented that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allotting a herniated disc room to not physically bother a spinal nerve. Movement of the spinal vertebrae (mean) in flexion was 3.68° with 0.80 mm separation. (2,3) Very nice! Chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation helps ease back pain and leg pain so our Carrolltown chiropractic patients can return to living their lives! One day, technology may even allow us, you and your chiropractor, to see the changes in real time. Quite exciting!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the documented benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 
 
Carrolltown chiropractic and nutritious blueberries 
 

Carrolltown CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH TIP OF MONTH:

Blueberries for Weight Control, Mood, Memory, and More!

Flavonoids – polyphenolic compounds that make fruits and vegetables colorful – are well-known for being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging as well as effective in enhancing cardiovascular health and increasing memory. A recent study added to this list by noting that the more one eats flavonoid-rich foods, the lower the risk one has of having type 2 diabetes (4) while another noted just how well eating fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, especially in children’s immediate recall after eating blueberries while older adults need a higher dose of both to get as noteworthy an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound from blueberries is one that may help the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries showed improved mental affect and executive function after a single dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are great! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation keeps up on the latest in spine-related studies to give you the best Carrolltown chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your passing this info onto others who may be interested, too. We look forward to seeing you soon!

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