Tenckhoff Chiropractic Spinal Decompression: Cox Technic

Cox Technic is well documented with biomechanical and clinical research studies to reduce back pain and neck pain and drop intradiscal pressures. It is effective. A team of chiropractic and medical researchers and research-center based as well as private-practice clinicians design the studies, participate in them, and publish the outcomes of these multi-disciplinary, federally funded, multi-facility, randomized clinical control trials using the published protocols documented in textbooks and journals. 

Biomechanical Outcomes 

Spinal decompression via Cox Technic biomechanically allows for lumbar spine intradiscal pressure drops to as low as -192 mmHg and increases in intervertebral foramen nerve opening area by 28% and disc height by 2mm. Spinal decompression via Cox Technic creates cervical spine intradiscal pressure drops of as much as 168 kPa which is about 1260 mmHg. Cox Technic spinal decompression takes pressure off the spinal discs and nerves.

Clinical Outcomes

Chiropractic spinal decompression with Cox Technic results in back pain relief for lumbar spine back pain patients in an average of 12 visits and 29 days. In the 1000 cases study, 91% of participating chiropractic patients found relief in less than 90 days, keeping back pain sufferers from crossing over into the more expensive as well as life-altering category of chronic pain. This type of spinal decompression reduces radiculopathy (leg pain) commandingly compared to medical conservative care, primarily physical therapy. Further, patients cared for with spinal decompression as Cox Technic needed less care and reported less pain in the year following the study than did the PT patients.

Effectiveness and Cost of Chiropractic Spinal Decompression

Dr. Tenckhoff offers chiropractic spinal decompression as spinal manipulation in the form of flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic). It is a technique which recently published reports detail as being less expensive than 2% of the total cost to treat a lumbar herniated disc and costing 40% less than medical doctor originated care for back pain.