Healthy News - July 2018

What better fun is there on a hot, La Grande summer day than to enjoy a cool-water water ride or water slide? Most all of us can all relate to that! Some La Grande folks will do the sliding and riding, and some will watch. Which is safer? Viewing from afar! Water slides and rides may go from fun to pain if the tailbone gets injured. And it does! A new research report describes that water ride related tailbone pain isn’t stated in the medical literature before, but Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows it is seen in this La Grande chiropractic practice’s patient group. The tailbone is formally called the coccyx, the lowest section of the spine, and tailbone injury may develop into coccygeal instability and pain. (1) Like the rest of the spine, the coccyx has discs and dorsal root ganglia, too. DRG stimulation reduces pain and increases function without any additional problems for patients with chronic coccydynia (coccyx pain). (2) Usual care of coccyx pain is physical therapy and pharmacological treatment. Adding manipulation reduced pain and disability for chronic coccydynia patients (who sometimes have low back pain and leg pain, too) in just three treatments. (3) If La Grande summer’s water fun harms you, visit your La Grande chiropractor! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC’s gentle manipulation may soothe the coccyx’s discs and DRGs and relieve your La Grande tailbone pain.

The last thing a La Grande expectant mother desires experiencing is pain, and the very last thing she wants is to take a drug or undergo medical procedures! La Grande chiropractic spinal manipulation with Cox® Technic is shown to help reduce pregnancy-related back pain and leg pain. (4) For women who experience lumbopelvic pain during La Grande pregnancy, acupuncture seemingly helps. It’s safe and beneficial for lessening pain and improving her quality of life while pregnant. 89% of women in one study reported clinically meaningful symptom decline. (5) Your La Grande chiropractor is here to lessen pregnancy-related La Grande back pain and pelvic pain.

Listen in to this PODCAST with Dr. Amelia Pappas on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about pregnancy-related La Grande back pain and pelvic pain and how Cox® Technic helps reduce that pain.

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Thank you for trusting your La Grande chiropractor with your spine’s health.