Our
Toronto chiropractic patients want to know
“why”! Why do I suffer with back pain?Why do I keep getting back pain? Understandable
questions that can often be answered with
examination findings that line up with research-documented
findings. Research can help illuminate that, and Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
works to keep abreast of the newest (with a healthy
appreciation of the past!) research to share with you!
Let Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre work with you to get some understanding as
to why you experience spine-related pain…and how we can get some relief of chronic back pain.
RESEARCHERS
CALL FOR “WHY” MANUAL THERAPY WORKS
Today’s
medical literature and researchers are asking for more information
on ‘why” manual therapy works beyond current
studies supportive of the peripheral, segmental spinal, and
supraspinal mechanisms which can be measured. A group of
researchers studied published reviews of other studies involving
the means of how manual therapy influences a
body. They found support for neurovascular, neurological, and
neuropeptide/neuroimmune changes as well as the value
of pain decrease with manual therapy. (1) All of these discoveris
are great! They want to know more.
RESEARCH ON
THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
appreciates the efforts of a group of researchers who have been looking
at the “why” of Cox® Technic treatment protocols and positive
results. At the ACC-RAC annual chiropractic research meeting this past March 2025, two
platform abstracts were delivered on Cox® Technic studies. One discussed the
ability to assess lumbar spinous process movement with
ultrasound during the administration of flexion
distraction manipulation. The researchers highlighted the
separation of the spinous process at L3L4, L4L5, L5S1 levels. (2) The second
one presented how they are able to measure
the forces delivered during the Cox Technic FDD spinal
manipulation in a patient whose low back pain and leg pain were relieved.
(3) The more measurements possible, the more understanding
of “why” something works will come! We are so excited to share with our Toronto chiropractic patients!
FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES
Another
group of researchers plan to test
how applying guidelines from the American College of
Physicians for Low Back Pain may enhance the care
of low back pain. The guideline has been in the literature for a
long time, but it has not been implemented. A
study has been approved by multiple Institutional Review Boards: Duke,
Dartmouth, University of Iowa, and Advarra. The first line treatment endorsed
is non-pharmacological interventions like spinal manipulation (which is chiropractic forte!) and exercise. (4)
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre looks forward to this study’s
outcomes! It is time!
CONTACT
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox®
Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he explains the Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management, its development, its original
research, its current research, and its futuristic studies involving
ultrasound measurement, force application observing, and more.
Schedule
your Toronto chiropractic appointment today.