Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Burlington and Hamilton folks? Let
us start with where it fits in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Spinal Care Clinic
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Is that news to you? Probably because it is
known to take numerous years for such up-to-date,
proven ideas to filter to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when in fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor at Spinal Care Clinic certainly
is the Burlington and Hamilton back pain specialist!
Spinal Care Clinic welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic practice,
especially the painful cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and evade
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Burlington and Hamilton neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Spinal Care Clinic is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not need surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Spinal Care Clinic has vast success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Spinal Care Clinic uses
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A study of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had received care from at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were quite a bit younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more apt
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic appointment with
Spinal Care Clinic as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor, a true
Burlington and Hamilton back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Burlington and Hamilton spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.