January 2023 Healthy News from Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn Treatment Plan for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Relief

Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is seemingly one of the most common spinal conditions in the US, impacting more than 500 million people over 65 years old. (1) As researchers grapple with a more systematic approach to managing patient care for lumbar spinal stenosis patients, your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor provides gentle, safe, pain easing treatment. The latest effort at a system stressed that each LSS patient is unique in his/her presentation which limits any algorithm to be “soft guidance” as to its treatment plan based initially on the LSS patient's pain relief with spinal flexion. (2) Since spinal stenosis is typically a systemic issue, which means that if you have spinal stenosis in the lumbar spine, you likely have it in other spinal areas like the cervical as well, you don’t want to overlook it. Further, lumbar spinal stenosis isn’t a condition that appears and disappears forever. Its pain can be managed, but its status as a condition remains one that researchers classify as “chronic,” meaning it lasts beyond 90 days. Be hopeful! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn can help with lumbar spinal stenosis relief. One study documented that flexion distraction significantly lowered pain and disability for lumbar spinal stenosis patients. (3) Another study stated that chronic back pain sufferers with moderate to severe symptoms got better the most with the chiropractic technique, Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression (CTFDD), compared with physical therapy. (4) Those same patients experienced significantly lower pain scores over the following 12 months than did patients who did physical therapy. (5) LSS patients also have altered gait and balance concerns. (1,6) CTFDD helps these issues, too! A study regarding the influence of spinal manipulation on balance issues in LSS patients documented that flexion distraction spinal manipulation improved function, symptoms, and performance-based mobility in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. (6) We also anticipate the outcomes of a prospective data collection study in its second year for follow-up with patients who underwent CTFDD for relief of their LSS-related back pain. Data collection will be completed later this year with results being published in the years to come. Ashburn and Herndon lumbar spinal stenosis is everywhere, and its relieving partner is your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor here at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his alleviating treatment of a spinal stenosis patient with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 

As a set of researchers begins a new study to evaluate if a 6-week education and exercise program will enhanced the walking capacity of lumbar spinal stenosis patients with neurogenic claudication (7), Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn suggests]}