Our
Largo chiropractic clients want to know
“why”! Why do I suffer with back pain?Why does back pain keep
coming back? Understandable
questions that may oftentimes be answered with
examination findings that line up with research-documented
findings. Research can help explain that, and Hollstrom & Associates Inc
works to keep on top of the latest (with a healthy
gratitude of the past!) research to communicate with you!
Let Hollstrom & Associates Inc work with you to get some understanding as
to why you have spine-related pain…and how we can help you 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 assessed. A group of
researchers analyzed published reviews of other studies regarding
the means of how manual therapy affects a
body. They uncovered support for neurovascular, neurological, and
neuropeptide/neuroimmune modifications as well as the effectiveness
of pain decrease with manual therapy. (1) All of these findings
are great! They want to know more.
RESEARCH ON
THE “WHY” OF COX® TECHNIC OUTCOMES
Hollstrom & Associates Inc
appreciates the efforts of a group of researchers who have been studying 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 presented on Cox® Technic studies. One showed the
ability to calculate 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 throughout 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 Largo chiropractic patients!
FOLLOWING
GUIDELINES
Another
group of researchers plan to examine
how implementing guidelines from the American College of
Physicians for Low Back Pain may boost the treatment
of low back pain. The guideline has been around 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)
Hollstrom & Associates Inc excitedly awaits this study’s
outcomes! It’s time!
CONTACT
Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Listen to
this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox®
Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes the Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management, its development, its original
research, its current research, and its futuristic studies using
ultrasound measurement, force application monitoring, and more.
Schedule
your Largo chiropractic appointment today.