Georgetown Chiropractic Care of Neck Pain: Exercise and Spinal Manipulation
Neck pain is an everyday condition drawing patients to our Georgetown chiropractic clinic! Dr. Butwell sees that chronic neck pain is a widespread issue today. Whether the neck pain is non-specific or chronic, Dr. Butwell is here to help coordinate some relief from the neck pain with a Georgetown chiropractic treatment plan involving spinal manipulation and exercise.
EXERCISE OR MANUAL THERAPY…OR BOTH?
Neck pain treatment options abound. One common method is manual therapy. (Dr. Butwell offers gentle Cox® Technic spinal manipulation.) Another approach is exercise. A third is combining both. A recent study compared manual therapy, exercise or placebo. Manual therapy alone enhanced perceived neck pain sooner than exercise. Therapeutic exercise reduced disability sooner than manual therapy. (1) Another research project assessed manual therapy plus exercise to exercise by itself over 4 weeks. Manual therapy plus exercise improved short- and medium-term neck pain better than exercise alone. (2) Dr. Butwell has found that patient participation enhances clinical outcomes, too. Using the most effective therapies for neck pain relief is the better option.
COX® TECHNIC AND EXERCISE FOR NECK PAIN RELIEF
Dr. Butwell follows the research. Research demonstrated that a safe, gentle form of manual manipulation, Cox® Technic, dropped cervical spine intradiscal pressures. (3) In the clinical comparison study of Cox® flexion distraction alone to exercise alone for neck pain to the combination of the two that combining the two was beneficial. (4) Cox® Technic flexion distraction for neck pain relief relieved pain in a mean of 13.2 visits in a study of cervical spine radiculopathy patients. (5) Dr. Butwell realizes that Georgetown neck pain patients are ready to help themselves by doing recommended neck exercises as well as making their chiropractic treatment visits.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Matthew Scott on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares his care of a former professional football player for whom surgery was advised for neck pain relief and how his care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration assisted in helping him avoid that.
Schedule your Georgetown chiropractic appointment today. We welcome neck pain patients. As frequent as neck pain is, Dr. Butwell knows it is a common annoyance for the neck pain sufferer! Our Georgetown chiropractic care may well be just what you are seeking in terms of neck pain relief.
