MORE ACCESS (IE, INSURANCE COVERAGE) TO CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
INCREASES USE OF CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
Access increases use. Access via insurance
coverage makes a difference in use. Use increases
better clinical outcomes for West Palm Beach back pain and neck
pain patients. Oregon set out in 2016
to find a way to curb opioid prescriptions for back pain by making complementary and alternative medicine
approaches available to Medicaid patients. The result? An increase in use of CAM: acupuncture from .3 to
5.6%, chiropractic .3 to 11.1%, massage from 1.6 to 14.8%, PT/OT from 6 to 17.7%. (1) That outcome
was in one state. Nationally, the Veterans Health
Administration is also putting effort into making these care options more available. The VA is a big
healthcare system. Via survey, veterans express
their desire for access to these CAM techniques.
With access, veterans reported high usage: 52% used any of these CAM
techniques, 44% massage, 37% chiropractic, 34% mindfulness,
24% meditation, 25% yoga. (2) Globally, in spite of COVID lockdowns and
restrictions, patients with spine-related issues had access to
input about their spine conditions via
the Global Spine Care Initiative which directs doctors and
patients regarding spine pain care via telehealth and live visits. (3) There is growing
access to care for spine pain patients globally, nationally, and locally!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joel Dixon
on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes his use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
to assist a Vietnam veteran in Australia find
back pain relief.
West Palm Beach CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
VITAMIN B AND EXERCISE Benefits: SPINE, MIND, BONE
B vitamins are so important for mood, energy,
focus, concentration, digestion, and
healthy heart muscle, skin, and hair. A deficiency in B vitamins may show
itself as constant stress, depression, or chronic fatigue. (4) A
report compared the consumption of tryptophan and/or
vitamin B6 foods and exercise in depressed and
non-depressed young people. The researchers discovered that
lower physical activity levels (in steps, duration, and intensity) were associated
with higher levels of depressive
symptoms. (5) An exercise and fortified milk intervention exposed
improvement in vitamin B-12 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to reinforce
bone formation and resorption. (6) This is beneficial in
light of treatment and prevention strategies for osteoarthritis (OA). OA is the degradation of cartilage,
the connective tissue made by chondrocytes. Physical activity is
known for its ability to offset OA by modulating
vitamin B6’s impact on the IL1β inflammatory cytokine of
OA. (7) B vitamins exhibit a crucial role
in body and mind functions. Eat some
salmon, chicken, eggs, leafy vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, and Greek yogurt,
and talk with your West Palm Beach chiropractor at
Chiropractic Care about other means to raise your
exercise and vitamin B levels.
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