December 2020 Healthy News from Johnson Chiropractic Help for Depression and Calf Cramps
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” or so the song goes. Whether it is because of being 2020 or having normal holiday stress, the wonderful-ness of this time of year might not be so wonderful for you. Symptoms of depression like high cortisol and adrenalin, agitation, anxiety and insomnia are reportedly due to an overactive sympathetic nervous system. A recent study on the effects of chiropractic, spinal manipulation and vagal nerve stimulation shared some good news. These approaches may well be positive treatment options for depression via regulation of the autonomic nervous system which chiropractic care and spinal manipulation do at the peripheral nervous system level and spread to the central nervous system. The parasympathetic system thereby can counterbalance the sympathetic system while vagal stimulation releases neurotrophines known for being essential for the effectiveness of anti-depressive therapies. (1) What does all this really mean? Come in for a Richmond chiropractic visit for Richmond back pain and neck pain relief and other spine related issues. Leave with a little more cheer. For this wonderful time of year, we want a happy Santa…and a happy you!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, chiropractic back pain specialist and developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he detailed effects of spinal manipulation on the immune system and other conditions it influences like depression.
Richmond CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Electrical Stimulation for Calf Cramps
Calf cramps hurt! Back pain sufferers with lumbar spinal stenosis or lumbar disc herniation often experience calf cramps, disrupting valuable sleep and daily lives. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the calf muscles susceptible to cramps decreased cramping. Just 25% of patient maximum tolerated stimulation intensity worked! It does not take much. 55% and 85% were effective as well. The decrease in cramps was associated with a boost in cramp threshold frequency, too. A bonus! (2) This new study verified what a 2018 study discovered as well. (3) If calf cramps bother you, let us know at your next chiropractic visit. Johnson Chiropractic has a treatment plan for them!
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Arrange your next Richmond chiropractic appointment today with Johnson Chiropractic. With much gratitude, we wish you a most wonderful holiday season!