December 2020 Healthy News from Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Help for Depression and Calf Cramps

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” or so the song goes. Whether it is because of being 2020 or having normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year may not be so much for you. Symptoms of depression (agitation, insomnia, anxiety, high adrenalin, high cortisol) are reportedly owing to an overactive sympathetic nervous system. A new study on the effect of chiropractic and spinal manipulation along with vagal nerve stimulation presented some encouraging news. These approaches may well be positive treatment options for depression via regulation of the autonomic nervous system which chiropractic care and spinal manipulation do at the peripheral nervous system level and extend to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system in so doing is able to counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known for being essential for the effectiveness of anti-depressive therapies. (1) What is all this really saying? Come in for a Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic visit for Ashburn and Herndon back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Head home with a little more cheer. For this wonderful time of year, we want a happy Santa…and a happy you!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, chiropractic back pain specialist and developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system and other conditions it influences like depression.

 

Ashburn and Herndon CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps

Calf cramps are painful! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often experience calf cramps, interrupting valuable sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles susceptible to cramps decreased cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity helped! It doesn’t take much. 55% and 85% were effective as well. The reduction in cramps was associated with an increase in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study verified what a 2018 study discovered as well. (3) If calf cramps bother you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn will work on them!

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Schedule your next Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment today with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. Gratefully, we wish you the most wonderful holiday season!