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Burlington and Hamilton Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain appears. Back pain hangs around occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its trajectory, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a fast fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are available. Spinal Care Clinic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Burlington and Hamilton back pain and neck pain that satisfies!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is many times the most irritating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed. They asked how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the risk. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Burlington and Hamilton back pain sufferers deliberating where to go for their back pain: Spinal Care Clinic!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ER was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care part from the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Burlington and Hamilton back pain sufferers who come to Spinal Care Clinic find other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.

RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS

The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. Chiropractors make up 97%-98% of the spinal manipulation providers. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed showed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Spinal Care Clinic provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic appointment today. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Spinal Care Clinic.

Spinal Care Clinic provides recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines. 
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