NECK PAIN THIS TIME OF YEAR?! THERE’S
HELP!
Joy! Joy! Joy! That’s this time of year…for most of us. For some it’s a
pain in the neck. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is here to help! Chiropractic
care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is calm,
effective, and proven to alleviate pain in a relatively
short timeframe. Non-specific neck pain patients
reported that they felt that their neck disability was improved after one cervical spine manipulation session.
(1) Even for cases that more difficult (like the
following), The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management provides
pain-relieving results. One patient with neck pain due
to narrowing of the cervical spine foramen
and radiating arm pain as an effect of a C6-C7 cervical disc herniation reported
reduced pain and better function in 10 treatments
over 4 weeks. The patient was pain
free and fully functional 8 months later. (2) Another patient with a post-surgical
C6-7 fusion experiencing neck pain and back pain stated that he
had reduced pain (which dropped from
8/10 to 3/10) in 12 visits over 3 months with Cox® treatment. (3) A review
of published studies on the effectiveness of manual therapy for chronic
neck pain, described as a safe and less painful method to
lessen chronic neck pain, proposed that manipulative
therapy lessens the degree of chronic neck pain
and neck disability. (4) And most patients don’t have to continue
care ‘forever’. A recent study stated that chiropractors
don’t recommend continued care except for certain types of neck pain patients: only 39% of
patients were recommended for care beyond 4 weeks
with long duration of neck pain being the most commong indicator
for continued care. (5) Our Cox® Technic treatment plan for cervical spine pain is gentle and effective for Ashburn
neck pain whether it’s acute or chronic, going into
the shoulder or down the arm or centralized to the neck. This time of year, neck
pain patients walk into Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn every day! We are ready
to help each of them find a little more JOY of
the season!
Ashburn CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise those Neck Muscles!
Cervical spine pain patients who want sustained Ashburn
pain relief often get
it once they add exercise. A simple elastic band exercise program was
shown to be effective for non-specific neck pain lessening
and improved strength of cervical spine flexor, extensor and
scapular muscles. (6) To
improve neck pain and disability effects, a study tested and discovered
that isometric exercises significantly lowered neck
disability index scores after 4 weeks for cervical spondylosis patients. (7)
These are easy exercises that do not
take long to do or to have a positive effect on neck pain. So
good!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Hilary Murray on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson about her
pain-relieving chiropractic treatment plan following The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for a male patient suffering
with neck and shoulder pain.
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Be sure to schedule your next Ashburn
chiropractic visit with us scheduled in your holiday
plans!
We
wish you a happy and joyful holiday season!
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