June 2024 Healthy News from Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Spinal Movement & Blueberries Both are Good for You!
Are you curious about what your spine looks like moving under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your Carrolltown chiropractor! - are in progress and leaning in that direction! A recent study was just released that recorded the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process separation - the alteration in distance between the spinous processes as they gap - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is so precise a treatment protocol that specific segment activity can be provoked. Say, for a patient experiencing pain with an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have shown that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allotting a herniated disc room to not physically bother a spinal nerve. Movement of the spinal vertebrae (mean) in flexion was 3.68° with 0.80 mm separation. (2,3) Very good! Chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation helps decrease back pain and leg pain so our Carrolltown chiropractic patients can return to their normal activities of daily living! Some day, technology may even allow us, you and your chiropractor, to see the changes in real time. Quite exciting!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the documented benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Flavonoids – polyphenolic compounds that give color to fruits and veggies – are well-known for being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging as well as valuable in improving cardiovascular health and increasing memory. A new study added to this list by noting that the more one eats flavonoid-rich foods, the lower the risk one has of having type 2 diabetes (4) while another noted just how well eating fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, especially in children’s immediate recall after eating blueberries while older adults need more of both to attain as significant an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound from blueberries is one that may help the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries exhibited better mental affect and executive function after a single dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are good! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation keeps up on the latest in spine-related studies to give you the best Carrolltown chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your passing this info onto others who may be interested, too. See you soon!