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Chiropractor in Westchester IL Describes How Spinal Manipulation Decreases Pain
February 10th, 2012 by admin
Dr. Michael Kochanski is chiropractor in Westchester IL who uses spinal manipulation to help decrease pain in his low back pain patients. Many people may wonder, just how does the spinal manipulation work to decrease pain? Although there are ongoing studies to determine the exact mechanisms, pain relief from manipulation is thought to occur because plasma beta endorphin levels rise providing an analgesic effect which has been documented to occur after spinal manipulative therapy. Also, activation of the descending pain inhibitory system by stretching structures that make up the vertebral motor unit helps inhibit pain generators. Finally, muscle stretching that induces afferent presynaptic inhibition, which decreases cutaneous pain, is known to occur locally after spinal manipulation.