August 2024 Healthy News from Young Chiropractic
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study reported that 80-90% of chiropractic patients who suffer with sciatic leg pain reported themselves to be “very satisfied” with their care, especially with the completeness of the examination, understandable communication and information about the symptoms and diagnosis as well as clear expectations about the treatment and its effectiveness. (1) We are here to satisfy and surpass your expectations of care! We have published papers to support our treatment like this one that described how patients experiencing leg pain in addition to back pain improved to the same extent as low back pain alone patients with an exercise and education program. (2) We encourage our sciatic leg pain patients to not give up! There is hope for pain relief with our chiropractic treatment plan that blends the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. As a matter of fact, a new case report was just published and accessible on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for your review that detailed a case of a patient with left leg pain that went all the way into the foot who was told he would have to have spinal surgery yet chose carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise for relief of his discogenic sciatic leg pain. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, seek information and consider care at our Easley chiropractic office!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Ease Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that goes down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really disrupts its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatic leg pain, lumbar radiculopathy challenges its sufferers to really get to know their condition so that they can control it best, not fear movement, and better take care of themselves. (4) Often this begins with just a simple exercise like hamstring stretching. A review of 344 randomized control trials that analyzed the effectiveness of hamstring stretching exercise found that it reduces pain intensity for low back pain, enhances straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain with radicular leg pain (sciatica), and enhances function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Easley chiropractic visit to Young Chiropractic about the proper way to do hamstring stretching for the best results for you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Timothy Gagan on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management treatment and exercise protocols that help back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers find relief, manage their pain, and get back to life!
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