Guidelines for back pain care
emphasize non-surgical care treatments
like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A recent
study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the
largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your West Palm Beach chiropractor at Chiropractic Care
embrace that role. Your West Palm Beach
chiropractor assists West Palm Beach back pain and neck pain
patients be alleviated of the pain and enhance
their quality of life.
New Back Pain Care Guidelines
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment
of patients whose back pain and/or leg
pain just started advocates patient education (including
a talk about treatment outcome), exercise (advice
to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment,
extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic
offers all three!
Who Sees a Chiropractor?
24% of US adults seek out chiropractic
care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults received
chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get
chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written by
groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call
for non-surgical methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even
the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies
delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT
referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low
back pain resulted in a physical therapy referral. If a patient
were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where
do these low back pain and leg pain
patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica?
The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your West Palm Beach chiropractor offers
a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
Why Patients See a Chiropractor
But what inspires a visit to a
chiropractor like your West Palm Beach chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for
back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Chiropractic Care,
too. Our West Palm Beach chiropractic patients see us as the West Palm Beach
back and neck pain specialists!) Further,
adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to check
in with a chiropractor in the past 12 months. 23%
of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their
back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the same issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported
that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your
West Palm Beach chiropractor is fully open to
combining care! Chiropractic Care is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician whenever possible.
Schedule your West Palm Beach chiropractic appointment
today. Chiropractic Care will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all on your side
and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as
called for by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved
quality of life for you, our mutual West Palm Beach back pain
patient or neck pain patient.
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