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Healthy News June 2024

image New Roads chiropractic ultrasound imaging of spinal vertebrae during treatment

READY TO SEE YOUR SPINE MOVE?! Exciting Prospect!

Are you curious about what your spine looks like moving under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your New Roads chiropractor! - are in progress and leaning in that direction! A new study was just published that recorded the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process separation - the alteration in distance between the spinous processes as they gap - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is a particular treatment protocol that specific segment activity can be elicited. Say, for a patient experiencing pain due to an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have revealed that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allotting a herniated disc room to not physically aggravate a spinal nerve. Movement of the spinal vertebrae (mean) in flexion was 3.68° with 0.80 mm separation. (2,3) Very nice! Chiropractic care at New Roads Chiropractic Center helps reduce back pain and leg pain so our New Roads chiropractic patients can return to living their lives! Some day, technology may even permit us, you and your chiropractor, to see the changes as they are happening. Quite exciting!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the recorded benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 
 
New Roads chiropractic and nutritious blueberries 
 

New Roads CHIROPRACTIC HEALTH TIP OF MONTH:

Blueberries for Weight Control, Mood, Memory, and More!

Flavonoids – polyphenolic compounds that give color to fruits and veggies – are well-known for being antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging as well as effective in improving cardiovascular health and increasing memory. A recent study added to this list by explaining that the more one eats flavonoid-rich foods, the lower the risk one has of having type 2 diabetes (4) while another detailed just how well eating fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, particularly in children’s immediate recall after comsuming blueberries while older adults need a higher dose of both to attain as noteworthy an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound found in blueberries is one that may assist the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries showed better mental affect and executive function after a single dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are good! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!

New Roads Chiropractic Center keeps abreast of the latest in spine-related studies to give you the best New Roads chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your passing this info onto others who may be interested, too. See you soon!

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