There is
talk of artificial intelligence and the future of robots
and computers in our lives, the benefit of
human touch can’t be replaced. Chiropractic is a
hands-on profession. Palmer Chiropractic Center offers hands-on Lynchburg
chiropractic care. Chiropractic has a long history of valuable
manual manipulation and treatment for back pain, neck pain and related
extremity pain. Touch can’t be dismissed in its contribution
to healing and isn’t ignored by your
Lynchburg chiropractor as your pain-relieving treatment plan is
established beginning with the first
day’s exam and extending through the whole
treatment process.
TOUCH IN THE DOCTOR PATIENT REALM
Touch in the relationship between
doctor and patient is
fundamental. A recent study shares
that touch can produce neuromodulatory effects to reduce
pain and reduce}decrease patient anxiety about the pain. Researchers
reported that the effect of touch starts with
the confident handshake and extends through the physical
examination, particularly when the examining physician touches the area
the patient explains is painful. This confirms to the patient that the doctor understands
the patient’s pain. Touch also influences treatment for
manual and manipulative treating physicians. (1) The impact of
touch can’t be refuted. Your
Lynchburg chiropractor at Palmer Chiropractic Center knows
this to be true and sees its effect daily
and is pleased to see its importance discussed in
the medical literature for manual therapy’s beneficial role in the health care
system for conditions like Lynchburg back pain, neck pain, arm pain,
and sciatic leg pain.
EFFECT OF TOUCH
A researcher remarked
on a leading study’s outcomes about the
effect of spinal manipulation and exercise for back pain relief: “the data are
compatible with a non-specific effect caused by touch.” (2) Science seeks to quantify just how human touch affects back pain relief. Until then, chiropractic physicians like your Lynchburg chiropractor
will welcome the effect of touch as they deliver
spinal manipulation with their hands.
Lynchburg CHIROPRACTIC
TOUCH
Chiropractors rely on
their sense of touch in delivering the proper
forces to the spine, forces that deliver pain relief for the back
pain and neck pain patient. It takes experience to
really refine the proper force application. Today,
though, technology may be helpful in this area as
force-feedback systems are helping doctors acquire
that key experience. With the chiropractic technique system used
at Palmer Chiropractic Center, research has reported just what those proper,
pain-relieving
forces are. (3,4) Force-measuring equipment has been
created and integrated into teaching and
daily-use chiropractic tables. (As an extra, in performing
the research study to test forces with patients, no serious
adverse effects were documented. “First, do no
harm.”) (5,6) The Cox® Technic flexion distraction procedures used at
Palmer Chiropractic Center are documented, gentle, and efficient for relieving
pain and dropping intradiscal pressures (7,8). That is a
chiropractic treatment outcome combination our
Lynchburg chiropractic patients seek.
CONTACT Palmer Chiropractic Center
Check out this PODCAST
with Dr. James Cox on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he described
how Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and
chiropractic treatment may influence via senses like touch.
Schedule your next Lynchburg chiropractic
visit soon. Palmer Chiropractic Center is committed to hands-on treatment for pain relief. No computer or AI system
will substitute for your Lynchburg chiropractor’s hands!
Visit us soon!