There is
talk of artificial intelligence and the future of robots
and computers in our lives, the benefit of
human touch cannot be supplanted. Chiropractic is a
hands-on profession. Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers hands-on Largo
chiropractic care. Chiropractic has an extensive history of effective
manual manipulation and treatment for back pain, neck pain and related
extremity pain. Touch cannot be dismissed in its contribution
to healing and is not ignored by your
Largo chiropractor as your pain-relieving treatment plan is
implemented beginning with day one’s exam and extending through the whole
treatment process.
TOUCH IN THE DOCTOR PATIENT REALM
Touch in the doctor-patient relationship is
fundamental. A recent study documents
that touch can initiate neuromodulatory effects to reduce
pain and ease patient anxiety about the pain. Researchers
wrote that the effect of touch starts with
the confident handshake and extends through the physical
examination, especially when the examining physician touches the area
the patient says is painful. This lets the patient
know that the doctor comprehends
the patient’s pain. Touch also influences treatment for
manual and manipulative treating physicians. (1) The impact of
touch cannot be negated. Your
Largo chiropractor at Hollstrom & Associates Inc recognizes that this is true and sees its effect every day
and is pleased to see its importance presented in
the medical literature for manual therapy’s beneficial role in the health care
system for conditions like Largo back pain, neck pain, arm pain,
and sciatic leg pain.
EFFECT OF TOUCH
A researcher commented
on an influential study’s outcomes regarding 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 Largo chiropractor
will embrace the effect of touch as they deliver
spinal manipulation with their hands.
Largo CHIROPRACTIC
TOUCH
Chiropractors depend on
their sense of touch in providing the appropriate
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 assisting doctors acquire
that key experience. With the chiropractic technique system used
at Hollstrom & Associates Inc, research has reported just what those proper,
pain-relieving
forces are. (3,4) Force-measuring equipment has been
developed and incorporated into teaching and
daily-use chiropractic tables. (As a bonus, in doing
the research study to test forces with patients, no serious
adverse effects were found. “First, do no
harm.”) (5,6) The Cox® Technic flexion distraction procedures used at
Hollstrom & Associates Inc are documented, gentle, and efficient for reducing
pain and decreasing intradiscal pressures (7,8). That is a
chiropractic treatment outcome arrangement our
Largo chiropractic patients seek.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
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.
Set your next Largo chiropractic
visit soon. Hollstrom & Associates Inc holds fast to our
commitment to hands-on treatment for pain relief. No computer or AI system
will substitute for your Largo chiropractor’s hands!
Visit us soon!