Our
Fernandina Beach chiropractic clients want to know
“why”! Why do I have back pain?Why do I keep getting back pain? Outstanding
questions that may oftentimes be answered with
examination findings aligned with research-documented
findings. Research can help illuminate that, and Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
works to keep abreast of the latest (with a healthy
gratitude of the older!) research to communicate with you!
Let Amelia Chiropractic Clinic work with you to get some understanding as
to why you suffer with spine-related pain…and how we can get some relief of chronic back pain.
RESEARCHERS
CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS
Today’s
medical literature and researchers are requesting more information
on ‘why” manual therapy is successful beyond recent
studies supportive of the peripheral, segmental spinal, and
supraspinal mechanisms which can be measured. A group of
researchers analyzed published reviews of other studies involving
the mechanism of how manual therapy affects a
body. They uncovered support for neurovascular, neurological, and
neuropeptide/neuroimmune changes as well as the effectiveness
of pain reduction with manual therapy. (1) All of these discoveris
are great! They want to understand more.
RESEARCH ON
THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
appreciates the efforts of a group of researchers who have been studying the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and beneficial
results. At the ACC-RAC annual chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two
platform abstracts were presented on Cox® Technic studies. One showed the
ability to measure lumbar spinous process movement with
ultrasound during the delivery of flexion
distraction manipulation. The researchers noted
separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second
one discussed how they are able to measure
the forces delivered during the Cox Technic FDD spinal
manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were alleviated.
(3) The more measurements done, the more understanding
of “why” something works will come! We are so excited to share with our Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients!
FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES
Another
group of researchers plan to test
how implementing guidelines from the American College of
Physicians for Low Back Pain may boost the treatment
of low back pain. The guideline has been around for a
long time, but it’s not been implemented. A
study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke,
Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment recommended
is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation (which is chiropractic forte!) and exercise. (4)
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic looks forward to this study’s
outcomes! It is time!
CONTACT
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox®
Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management, its development, its foundational
research, its current research, and its futuristic studies using
ultrasound measurement, force application observing, and more.
Schedule
your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment soon.