Cox Technic in Bloomfield Hills, MI

Cox® Technic is non-surgical, doctor-controlled, hands-on spinal manipulation performed with the patient lying on a specialized table, the Cox® Table by Haven Medical. This table permits the effective administration of flexion-distraction and decompression adjustment and manipulation. The procedure is gentle, low-force and highly targeted, making it suitable for patients who require a softer approach or those with sensitive conditions.

Well-researched and documented, flexion-distraction and decompression helps relieve spinal pain and return patients to their desired quality of life by:

• dropping pressure in the vertebral disc to as low as -192mm Hg (a vacuum) drawing extruded tissue back into the disc
• expanding the hole (foramen) through which the nerve passes by 28%
• reducing pressure on the spinal nerves
• returning motion to the spinal joints

Cox® Technic distraction spine manipulation is a specialized technique used to reduce mechanical nerve compression by lowering disc pressure on the nerve and increasing the size of the nerve opening that the nerve exits from the spine. This narrowing of the nerve openings is called spinal stenosis, and our goal of treatment is to reduce that pressure and improve disability and quality of life’s activities.

Improving circulation and eliminating local irritation may reduce the chemical agents in the spine and around the nerves that cause pain and disability. Specialized MRI studies do show improved circulation following spine manipulation as well as increased ranges of motion of the spine.

Evidence-based Cox® Technic is appropriate for conditions causing low back and leg pain as well as neck and arm pain. It also reduces pain attributable to:

• disc herniation or rupture
• sciatica
• facet syndrome
• stenosis
• spondylolisthesis
• synovial cyst
• chronic low back and neck pain
• continued back pain after back surgery
• other conditions