Amelia Chiropractic Clinic Addresses the Range of Motion of the Cervical Spine in Treating Neck Pain and Headache
The cervical spine is unique among the curves of the spine. Unlike its fellow thoracic and lumbar curves, the cervical spine contains the spinal cord quite snugly. The diameter of the vertebral canal in which the spinal cord lies varies from 11 to 19 mm while the spinal cord measures from 7 to 14 mm depending on the spine level. If the size of the spinal canal is little and the cord big, a condition known as stenosis exists and creates greater pain and disability. (4-8) Whatever the size, there is not a lot of space for the spinal nerves that leave the spinal cord let alone any disc herniation or bone spur and such that may develop. Plus, the cervical spine has to support the average 9-pound head! The cervical spine is amazing. No wonder it fascinates researchers and anatomists and chiropractors like yours at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic and triggers such pain for Fernandina Beach neck pain sufferers. Fortunately, your Fernandina Beach chiropractor knows the cervical spine anatomy and potential painful cervical conditions in addition to the gentle, stretching technique protocols of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to relieve the pain.
RESEACHERS STUDY THE CERVICAL SPINE MOTIONS
Such cool advances in the area of radiology are now available and may assist back pain healthcare providers like your Fernandina Beach chiropractor better diagnose and treat neck pain as well as surgical colleagues create more appropriate surgical techniques! Innovative 3D computed tomography imaging permits a view of the cervical spine in different positions in normal volunteers. What did the researchers see with this? Flexion-extension range of motion is greatest at C1-2 and C4-5. C1-2 is where 70% of all axial rotation happens, too. C3-4 range of motion for lateral bending is larger than C1-2, C5-6 and C6-7. (1) The use of Cox® Technic for cervical spine pain is designed for segment-specific treatment of individual segment cervical spine ranges of motion to ease pain and bring back normal ranges of motion as best as possible.
CERVICAL SPINE TREATMENT FOR CERVICOGENIC HEADACHE
The cervical spine range of motion is involved in patients with cervicogenic headache. When Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients come in with a headache, they will often note limited range of motion. That is not unusual. A randomized control trial of spinal manipulation versus spinal mobilization for relief of cervicogenic headache found that manipulation and mobilization have similar effects on disability, pain, global rating of change score, and cervical ranges of motion. (2) Our chiropractic care of the cervical spine addresses Fernandina Beach neck pain as well as associated range of motion issues like acute neck pain.
SPINAL MANIPULATION FOR ACUTE NECK PAIN
Acute Fernandina Beach neck pain is a typical issue for which patients will seek assistance from healthcare practitioners like chiropractors and general practitioners (GPs). Medications and/or manual therapy are usual treatments. Researchers wrote that GPs were sometimes undecided to refer for manual therapy as they weren’t sure about effectiveness and adverse events. In a review of randomized controlled trials published regarding the effect of spinal manipulation for acute neck pain, researchers revealed that spinal manipulation alone or combined with other therapies was valuable for acute neck pain with no reported serious adverse effects. (3) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor who understands the cervical spine well and delivers safe spinal manipulation works alongside Fernandina Beach general practitioners to assist neck pain sufferers attain relief.
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Check out this PODCAST with Dr. David Kulla on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how the Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction System of Spinal Pain Management helps him help his patients with neck pain and headache relief.
Make your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment soon. The uniqueness of the cervical spinal curve and the pain conditions involving it merit a unique treatment protocol to take care of pain. At Amelia Chiropractic Clinic, that protocol is safe, gentle, and effective!