FAQs

 Decompression is the reduction of intradiscal pressures to relieve pain. 

The Cox® Technic Hands-on Workshops, offered by private clinicians who are certified Cox® Technic chiropractic physicians, are great for just hands-on practice. The instructors will work with you to hone your application skills and discuss clinical incorporation of the technique.  Some even have CE hours available!  Click here for more information on Hand-On Workshops.

Keep in mind that coming to a Part I, II or III or Honors Course after having had a course in school will likely enhance your clinical outcomes with Cox Technic. Check the calendar for up-coming courses.

 Students and graduates who pass a qualified course on campuses which offer a Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction course are exempt from taking Part I if they took and successfully passed a full Cox® Technic course taught by a Cox® Certified instructor in a recognized chiropractic school. The course syllabus must also be on file with us. Call 1-800-441-5571 to confirm. Such an exemption allows the student or graduated doctor to attend the Part II Cox® Certification Course and take the certification examination if he or she chooses. This must be done within 2 years of graduation. 

Attending any Cox® Technic Certification Course Part I (lumbar) or II (lumbar) or III (cervical) or Honors will give you a good glimpse into the research support, clinical application and outcomes you can expect using Cox® Technic. Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression Hands-On Workshops lead by certified Cox® Technic physicians are invaluable. Now available are Online Webinars/Courses with or without CE hours. There are textbooks to read as well as free case reports to read, podcasts to listen to by Dr. Michael Johnson and YouTube channel videos to watch. 

Attend and participate and listen at the courses! Other preparation would be - as Dr. Cox would recommend! - read the book 3 times! 

 The Cox® Technic Certification exam involves the review of patient cases including images and clinical findings, the diagnosis of the cases, and the demonstration of the proper application of Protocol I or Protocol II lumbar spine protocols. You will be expected to recognize by symptomatology the patients’ conditions demanding Protocol I or Protocol II. You will apply each protocol correctly to the correct patient type.  The cervical and thoracic exams are similar. The 4th edition of the Neck, Shoulder and Arm Pain textbook is good for those courses. 

Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression protocols - examination, diagnosis, treatment - for cervical spine pain conditions is introduced at Part I and built on, with more hands-on at Part II.   Part III courses focus on cervical spine.  You may also view or take an Online Webinar/Course....please click here for more information...  

Part IV courses focus on the thoracic spine. Honors Courses are topic focused with attendee-case-presentations and current spine literature updates and hands-on demo sessions.

Get the 4TH EDITION COX® CERVICAL TEXTBOOK !

Likely. National University Of Health Sciences is the continuing education filing and maintenance entity of Cox® Seminars, put on by F/D Enterprise LLC. Continuing Education credits for most US states are applied. With enough notice (often up to 120 days!) to meet state required deadlines, we can arrange for CE. CE credit is not guaranteed. Check with your state board to confirm its acceptance of the CE hours. 

PLAN EARLY if you want to be certain of CE!

Being certified in Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression protocols affords the chiropractic physician benefits for him/herself, the patient, the profession, the business and the community.

• Confidence in caring for the most severe as well as most routine low back patients.
  • The certified doctor won’t fear the antalgic sciatic patient.
• Inclusion in the referral directory
• Prestige of public and professional positioning as the spine doctor or the back pain specialist in the community
• Refer with confidence to fellow physicians who treat similarly to you.
• Access and permission to use specially developed marketing materials.
  
• A certified doctor seal on your Cox Technic Complete website. 

Once you have been Certified in the Cox® Technic you are listed as 'Active'.  To stay listed as 'Active', you must take one 12 hour course (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV or HONORS COURSE once every 2 years - or - other options listed on our Re-Certification Page.

'Inactive' Certified Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction and Decompression physicians have not been to a Cox® Technic Certification course in the past two years.

**INACTIVE DOCTORS WERE REMOVED FROM OUR 'FIND A PHYSICIAN' REFERRAL DIRECTORY AS JUNE 1, 2015. 

First and foremost, Dr. Cox viewed and referred to this technique as spinal manipulation per coding, a chiropractic technique. 

Cox® Technic is chiropractic spinal manipulation which is easily recognized as the 98940 series of codes depending on the number of regions treated....98941, 98942. The American Chiropractic Association (ACA) coding and billing guidelines state this as well, 'that flexion-distraction is spinal manipulation' and coded as such.

IF THE DOCTOR is using a newer model of the Cox® Table (7 or 8)...the 97012 UNASSISTED TRACTION code could be used since the newer tables can be programmed to automatically axially distract a patient for a period of time. Such billing would be for a separate session of unassisted traction following or in advance of the spinal manipulation using Cox Technic protocols.

If you are an ACA member, you can access more information at https://www.acatoday.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=c4e7MrGICkY%3d&portalid=60 and https://www.acatoday.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=c4e7MrGICkY%3d&portalid=60 

 Yes! You have a few options:

1. closed FACEBOOK GROUP of DOCTORS WHO WANT TO DISCUSS COX TECHNIC
2. certified doctors in the referral directory

Insurance policies are regulated by rules and insurance company offerings. Having stated that, if you have a policy that have coverage for chiropractic care, Cox® Technic is covered to the extent chiropractic is. Cox® Technic is spinal manipulation.