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West Palm Beach Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a quick fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are out there. Chiropractic Care offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of West Palm Beach back pain and neck pain that pleases!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most irritating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications influenced this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more likely to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for West Palm Beach back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Chiropractic Care!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ED was reported as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care part from the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) West Palm Beach back pain sufferers who visit Chiropractic Care discover other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.

RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS

The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed showed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor recommended drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Chiropractic Care deliveres safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.

CONTACT Chiropractic Care

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Chiropractic Care.

Chiropractic Care provides recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines. 
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