Back pain care guidelines
recommend non-surgical care treatments
like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A new
study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the
largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor at Spinal Care Clinic
embrace that responsibility. Your Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractor assists Burlington and Hamilton back pain and neck pain
patients be alleviated of the pain and improve
their quality of life.
New Back Pain Care Guidelines
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment
of patients whose back pain and/or leg
pain just started recommends 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 pursue 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 methods 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 ended with 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?
They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor proposes
a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
Why Patients See a Chiropractor
But what inspires a visit to a
chiropractor like your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for
back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Spinal Care Clinic,
too. Our Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic patients see us as the Burlington and Hamilton
back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally,
adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to visit 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 same issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% thought the combined care for their
spinal pain – medical and chiropractic – was helpful. (1) Your
Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor is fully open to
combining care! Spinal Care Clinic is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as
necessary.
Schedule your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic appointment
today. Spinal Care Clinic will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all with you
and desire 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 Burlington and Hamilton back pain
patient or neck pain patient.
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