August 2024 Healthy News from Pure Chiropractic
PATIENTS SATISFIED WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A recent study reported that 80-90% of patients who visit chiropractors and suffer with sciatic leg pain said that they were “very satisfied” with their care, particularly with the completeness of the examination, understandable communication and information about the symptoms and prognosis as well as well-defined expectations about the treatment and its helpfulness. (1) We are here to satisfy and exceed your expectations of care! We have published papers to support our treatment like this one that detailed how patients experiencing leg pain in addition to back pain got better to the same degree that low back pain alone patients did with an exercise and education program. (2) We encourage our sciatic leg pain patients to not give up! There is hope for relief of pain with our chiropractic treatment plan that blends the best of nutrition, exercise and spinal manipulation with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. In fact, a new case report was just published and available on PubMed and in the Frontiers of Integrative Medicine journal for you to read that detailed a case of a patient with left leg pain that extended into the foot who was recommended to have spinal surgery yet chose carefully monitored, gentle force-applied, chiropractic Cox® Technic spinal manipulation and exercise for relief of his disc-related sciatica. (3) If you or someone you know is dealing with back pain with (and without!) sciatic leg pain, seek information and check into care at Pure Chiropractic!
TIP OF THE MONTH: Stretch Hamstrings to Help Sciatic Leg Pain
Lumbar radiculopathy (pain that goes down the leg via a spinal nerve root) really messes with its sufferers’ quality of life. Also known as sciatica, lumbar radiculopathy challenges its sufferers to really get to know their condition so that they can contain 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 documented that it lessens pain intensity for low back pain, improves straight leg raise ability in patients with low back pain and radicular leg pain (sciatica), and improved function for back pain patients of all sorts. (5) Let’s talk at your next Concord, NC chiropractic visit to Pure 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 assist back pain and sciatic leg pain sufferers in finding relief, managing their pain, and getting back to life!
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