Back pain is not choosy. Back pain may
find any of us at any time whether we’re
stay-at-home people or out-in-the-world workers, active
military people or veterans. The reputation of chiropractic for aiding back pain sufferers continues to grow in the civilian and veteran/military
care systems. The more recent curiosity has been how
much chiropractic care is optimal for back pain relief.
Spinal Care Clinic keeps track of this research since
military/veteran back pain resembles our civilian
Burlington and Hamilton back pain!
BACK PAIN INCIDENCE
80% of us will experience back pain at some time
in our lives, in our youth, middle years, or elder age. 264 million
work days were reportedly lost in one year due
to back pain. (1) Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic care is made
to help all ages! Somewhere between 25 and 33% of older folks reportedly
get low back pain each year. Low back pain for older adults is reported to be debilitating as it often limits their
independence and increases the number of doctor visits they
have. A study that combined chiropractic and primary care for their back pain brought
about modest improvements in their disability and back pain and higher patient satisfaction and perceived
improvement over just primary care. (2)
Spinal Care Clinic sees these same outcomes for our
Burlington and Hamilton back pain patients! Older patients with chronic low back
pain along with other medical issues who employed
only chiropractic spinal manipulation for their back pain had reduced
overall costs of care, shorter occurrences of back
pain, and lower costs of care per back pain episode. (3) Back
pain relief in a briefer time at less expense…a threefold
bonus with Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic care for
back pain sufferers!
BACK PAIN CARE WITH CHIROPRACTIC
Like the rest of us, military personnel and veterans
get back pain and get relief
with chiropractic treatment. Chiropractic is well-integrated into
the VA system for veterans with low back pain and other musculoskeletal
conditions. A recently proposed study of chiropractic care in
Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities for low back pain sets out
to see if low dose (one to 5 visits) or higher dose (eight to twelve visits) chiropractic care for 10 weeks is optimal
for chronic low back pain relief. (4) (The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management found in a study of 1000 back pain
patients that 12 visits and 29 days were the mean number of visits and days to get patients maximally improved. (5))
A similar finding was made when chiropractic care was inserted
into usual medical care for active-duty military personnel who
had low back pain. Moderate short-term improvement in back pain disability
and intensity was reported.
Multidisciplinary care of back pain that includes
chiropractic is indicated as being beneficial. (6) The goal
of Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic for back pain sufferers – civilian and
military alike – is back pain relief. Spinal Care Clinic is prepared to deliver
that!
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Michael Dupriest on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
his role as a chiropractor in the VA
in care of veterans and their back pain.
Schedule your next Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractic appointment soon. When back pain chooses you, you can
choose Spinal Care Clinic for relief.
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