June 2024 Healthy News from Old Mill Chiropractic Spinal Movement & Blueberries Both are Good for You!
Ever wondered what your spine looks like under your chiropractor’s hand? Exciting studies – at least to your St Peters chiropractor! - are underway leading in that direction! A recent study was just distributed that documented the reliability of ultrasound measurement of spinous process gapping - the change in distance between the spinous processes as they gap - during Cox® Technic flexion distraction spinal manipulation. (1) Cox® Technic is so precise a treatment protocol that specific segment motion can be elicited. Say, for a patient experiencing pain due to an L5-S1 disc herniation, biomechanical studies have documented that Cox® Technic widens the area of the spine’s intervertebral foramen by 28% allowing a herniated disc spavce to not physically irritate 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 Old Mill Chiropractic helps decrease back pain and leg pain so our St Peters chiropractic patients can return to living their lives! One day, technology may even permit us, you and your chiropractor, to visualize the changes in real time. Quite sensational!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of Cox® Technic protocols, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the documented benefits of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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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 boosting memory. A new 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 noted just how well consuming fruits and vegetables improved memory and attention, especially in children’s immediate recall after comsuming blueberries while older adults need more of both to get as significant an improvement. (5) And lastly, the pterostilbene compound from blueberries is one that may assist the management of obesity and mental well-being. (6) Eating wild blueberries exhibited improved mental affect and executive function after a single dose of blueberries in adults with depressive symptoms. (7) Blueberries are great! Enjoy some today as part of your nutrition plan!
Old Mill Chiropractic keeps abreast of the latest in spine-related studies to provide you with the best St Peters chiropractic care possible. We appreciate your sharing this info with your family and friends, too. We look forward to seeing you soon!