“An apple a day…” Everyone can finish that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for West Palm Beach back pain
and neck pain sufferers is said to do the same. Access
just needs to be as easy as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation ease pain and diminish
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs benefited
from veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Chiropractic Care offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a staple treatment at
Chiropractic Care with good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on reducing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a bit quicker
in delivering relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are prominent
treatments at Chiropractic Care for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to our office!
Chiropractic Care also knows
that our West Palm Beach chiropractic patients are excited
to receive in-office care but not always as excited to do
their at-home care. They are not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That’s the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually did the at-home care. (2) We know it is tough to make
time at home, and we will keep doing our best at
every visit to manage your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic influenced medically-directed spinal pain care
in older adults. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care increased the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers likened this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and pain. Chiropractic Care makes itself accessible
to our West Palm Beach spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients go on to escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
managed with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to require escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients went
on to escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who pursued
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Chiropractic Care offers
spinal manipulation. Your West Palm Beach chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at doing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to acquire
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease distinguished by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies from 8 weeks old to one year of age compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic monthly to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At one year of age, the treated
puppies were found to experience spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may successfully reduce
the probably of young boxers developing spondylosis. (5)
Our West Palm Beach furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
lessen back pain in
elderly patients.
Make your West Palm Beach
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and ease your
back pain and risk of back pain!