Guidelines for back pain care
recommend non-surgical care approaches
like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A new
study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the
largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) So
true! Chiropractors like your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
relish that role. Your Fort Wayne
chiropractor assists Fort Wayne back pain and neck pain
patients get relief of the pain and enhance
their quality of life.
New Back Pain Care Guidelines
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment
for recent onset back and/or leg pain advocates patient education (including
a discussion about prognosis), 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 obtained
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 approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even
the physical therapists are frustrated! “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 patients with low back pain and leg pain go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica?
They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for
back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc,
too. Our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients see us as the Fort Wayne
back and neck pain specialists!) Further,
adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to check
in with a chiropractor in the last year. 23%
of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their
back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for
the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported
that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your
Fort Wayne chiropractor is excited to combine care! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is ready to work
as a team with your primary care physician as
necessary.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment
today. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all on your side
and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved
quality of life for you, our mutual Fort Wayne back pain
patient or neck pain patient.
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