Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other West Palm Beach folks? Let
us start with where it fits in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Chiropractic Care
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Have
you heard that before? Not likely because it requires numerous years for such innovative,
proven models to trickle down to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
West Palm Beach chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your West Palm Beach chiropractor at Chiropractic Care surely
is the West Palm Beach back pain specialist!
Chiropractic Care welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our West Palm Beach chiropractic practice,
particularly the painful cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports state
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum duration of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a West Palm Beach neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Chiropractic Care is an option for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
idea. A study of 137 patients proposed to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Chiropractic Care has substantial success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Chiropractic Care employs
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A report of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had received care from at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more liable
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Chiropractic Care
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have struggled with back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment with
Chiropractic Care as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your West Palm Beach chiropractor, a true
West Palm Beach back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of West Palm Beach spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.