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Quiz: Do You Understand Back Pain?

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1

Back pain symptoms can include nerve pain that radiates down your arms or legs. Traction is one way to try and treat this condition.

Explanation:

Spinal traction is often used when there's a spinal injury or there's pain in spine or pain down the arms from or the legs from nerve injuries.

2

Spinal traction is that applies a long term stretch to the articular joints and soft tissues, and it's typically used only on the cervical and lumbar spine.

Explanation:

Spinal traction is that applies a long term stretch to the articular joints and soft tissues, and it's used commonly on the cervical spine and the lumbar spine and also the thoracic spine.

3

There are two ways that traction can be applied. First one is by a physiotherapist using their hands. So that's manual traction, and tends to be very specific, maybe a shorter duration of traction. The second way that traction be applied is through a decompression machine.

Explanation:

There are two ways that traction can be applied. First one is by a physiotherapist using their hands. So that's manual traction, and tends to be very specific, maybe a shorter duration of traction. The second way that traction be applied is through a decompression machine,

4

Spinal traction has several effects on the spine. It can obviously decompress the spine and the vertebral structures such as the discs and the vertebral joints, and therefore decrease irritation on the nerves by increasing the space in the spine where the nerves exit. It can also decrease muscle spasm, increase blood flow and decrease the sensitivity and pain in the spine.

Explanation:

Spinal traction has several effects on the spine. It can obviously decompress the spine and the vertebral structures such as the discs and the vertebral joints, and therefore decrease irritation on the nerves by increasing the space in the spine where the nerves exit. It can also decrease muscle spasm, increase blood flow and decrease the sensitivity and pain in the spine.

5

When the patient receives spinal traction, there are some things that can happen after traction, such as post traction soreness, which is quite normal and but generally it should be quite comfortable.

Explanation:

When the patient receives spinal traction, there are some things that can happen after traction, such as post traction soreness, which is quite normal and but generally it should be quite comfortable.

6

Traction can be used over time. Usually it's over several weeks, four to five times a week, where the patient comes in and receives either by the physiotherapist or by a machine, and the results are generally progressive, and people feel better as treatment goes on.

Explanation:

Traction can be used over time. Usually it's over several weeks, two to three times a week, where the patient comes in and receives either by the physiotherapist or by a machine, and the results are generally progressive, and people feel better as treatment goes on.

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Beechwood Physical Medicine We are an interdisciplinary clinic whose mission is to inspire and empower those affected by musculoskeletal pain through evidence-based, innovative, and patient-centered care. We are an integrated team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Neuro-Optometrists and Medical Doctors, whose vision is to advance the quality of musculoskeletal care through practice and research. The Beechwood Physical Medicine (BPM) founding partners combine the expertise of a top medical doctor with a career’s worth of experience working with patients in the Canadian Armed Forces and that of an experienced chiropractor who has worked globally in diverse environments. Both have operated very successful practices and hold a tremendous amount of goodwill in their respective industries and in the National Capital Region region in general. BPM’s founders humbly recognized a need for a comprehensive team of integrated health professionals to be able to provide excellent care in an integrated-interdisciplinary environment. To meet this need they have assembled a high-performance team of specialists in their respective industries and each one is an innovator and team player. This combination of talent provides a rare level of insight that enables BPM to facilitate exceptional patient experiences for effective health care. In assembling our team, we recognized that in order to serve the broader population, patient-centered care needs to be able to effectively aid and empower the complete individual. When our clinicians aren't able to provide our patients with the treatment they need, we connect them with the appropriate providers through our advanced referral networks. ​ ​

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