At Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, our La Grande chiropractic patients
receive cutting-edge spinal care in the form of Cox®
Technic, renowned, well-studied
and relieving for back pain. Cox® Technic is really
around the world…and right here in La Grande! In this article,
you will read studies from Spain, Korea,
Japan, and the US regarding Cox® Technic and how it relieves
back pain.
SPAIN: 50% AND SUPERIOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES
A recent research paper by researchers and
physiotherapists in Spain describes how patients cared
for with flexion distraction spinal manipulation attain
at least 50% improvement. Further, flexion distraction outcomes stand
superior to high velocity low amplitude thrust technique outcomes. (1) A note
on this 50% improvement marker: Cox® Technic protocols seek
at least 50% improvement within the first month of care for most spine pain
conditions at which time (a) visit frequency is reduced by 50% and
(b) treatment would now include some range of motion treatment to spinal
segments. And if you feel “Well, 50% doesn’t seem like that
much.” Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC must comment that medicine now considers 30% and even 20% improvement as “minimal clinical
improvement” to declare a medical procedure like spine surgery worthwhile
to offer. (2, 3) Compared to those
markers for a procedure to be medically beneficial, Cox®
Technic’s 50% Rule guide and attainment is amazing! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
finds that many of our patients attain even more improvement:
60%, 70%, 80%, 90% and higher. All cases and patients vary and
have their own unique concerns, but the clinical
outcomes are satisfactory for La Grande back pain
sufferers who just want to get back to an
agreeable quality of life.
JAPAN & US: TRACTION AND COX® TECHNIC
Traction is effective treatment…for certain patients
and when it’s used with the proper
patient. 83.2% of patients did in a Japanese study. These researchers presented
that lumbar traction can provide a distractive force and that
patients showed an instant response to it. They
also acknowledged that traction research is short on
reproducibility, biomechanical confirmation, and clinical validation of its effectiveness.
(4) Cox Technic can display researched effects. Cox®
Technic biomechanical studies found that the lumbar spine disc
pressures drop to as low as -192mmHg, the lumbar canal area enlarges
by 28%, the disc height increases by 17%, and ranges of motion
can be returned to specific spinal segments. (5) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
proposes that Cox® Technic is well-researched, segment
specific spinal manipulation with predictable clinical outcomes.
KOREA: COX® TECHNIC POSITIVELY IMPACTS THE SPINE
And in Korea, researchers revealed that
disc heights significantly increased in chronic low back pain
patients handled with joint mobilization and flexion distraction techniques. How does this happen? They explained that
this treatment created negative pressure in the disc space to pull
the moved disc content back to the center and removed painful stimuli from the annular fibers to reduce
pain. (6) Just what Gudavalli et al found
in their biomechanical research of the effects of Cox® Technic flexion
distraction on the lumbar spine in the 1990’s! Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC talks
about these biomechanical effects with our La Grande back pain
patients daily. It is vital
to have science behind what we do.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Ram Gudavalli, PhD, on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Gudavalli is the principle
investigator who has headed much
of the biomechanical and clinical research studies – retrospective, prospective
and experimental with cadavers – into the effects of Cox Technic
flexion distraction. He, too, enhances the world-wide flare of Cox®
Technic as he moved to the US from India! We are
so grateful he did.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment
today. While Cox® Technic is studied all around
the world, it’s offered right here in La Grande for
your spinal health and back pain relief and management.