August 2021 Healthy News from Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc welcomes all spine pain patients! Spine pain is disconcerting for its sufferers. Fort Wayne chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial for many. Though low back pain is a major cause of disability globally, its sufferers who have recurrent or persistent bouts of low back pain find chiropractic maintenance care beneficial as it is patient-centered care. (1) Neck pain sufferers, too, discover relief with chiropractic. Neck pain patients who undergo spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US – had lowered risk by 2.38 times to need escalated and costly care like imaging, injection, emergency room or surgery (just 26%) than patients who were treated with other kinds of care (46%). (2) A new study of Medicare patient claims states that patients who had reduced access to chiropractic care had an increase in visits (32.3 a year) to primary care physicians for spine pain and a rise in spine surgeries (5.5 a year) costing an extra $114,967 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and $391 million nationally. (3) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor is well-skilled in performing spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation is and has been recommended as first-line treatment for low back pain. Reviews of Medicare claims note that chiropractors are the majority of healthcare providers for spinal manipulation and that the overall supply of spinal manipulation providers is dropping. (4) Have no fear! Your hometown, Fort Wayne chiropractor has no intention of not providing pain-relieving spinal manipulation, especially the gentle, research-backed Cox® Technic style of spinal manipulation.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents research on the place of spinal manipulation in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for the relief of spinal stenosis, a common spine pain condition in the over-65 age set.
Beneficial B Vitamins
B vitamins are beneficial. B12 deficiency is commonly associated with dementia in patients 65 years old and over. It has also been found in younger people who have normal B12 levels but their methylmalonic acid (MMA) level is high. Testing the MMA level may be a useful test in patients with symptoms that seem unrelated as in one patient with neuropathy, depression and stomach issues who was found to have a high MMA. (5) Biotin (B7) supplementation is demonstrating potential in the treatment of neuropathic pain and could reduce the required doses of analgesic drugs. (6) Riboflavin (B2) in foods and via supplements is known for its antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory effects among others. A recent study found that B2 to be anti-itch. (7) How are your B levels? Let’s talk at your next visit!
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Schedule your next Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc for a healthy chat about B vitamins and a healthy session of spine/back/neck pain-reducing spinal manipulation. See you soon!