“An apple a day…” Everyone can complete that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Burlington and Hamilton back pain
and neck pain sufferers is documented to do the same. Access
just needs to be as easy as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and diminish
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Spinal Care Clinic offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
Spinal Care Clinic for good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on lessening
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) showed
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a bit quicker
in delivering relief and easing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are prominent
treatments at Spinal Care Clinic for back pain and radiculopathy. We are
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Spinal Care Clinic also knows
that our Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic patients are eager
to receive in-office care but not always as eager to do
their at-home care. They’re not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients said they made their
appointments. That is the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually followed through
in doing the at-home care. (2) We know it is tough to make
time at home, and we will keep doing our best at
every visit to care for your spinal condition…and supportively
remind you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers questioned just how access
to chiropractic influenced medically-directed spinal pain care
in older adults. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, less
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers likened this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and pain. Spinal Care Clinic makes itself accessible
to our Burlington and Hamilton spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients receive escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to undergo escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. Their risk of treatment escalation was double. (4) Spinal Care Clinic delivers
spinal manipulation. Your Burlington and Hamilton chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at doing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Certain dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to acquire
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease noted by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. One study of boxer puppies aged 8 weeks
to one year compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic each month to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At a year old, the treated
puppies were found to experience spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This suggests that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may beneficially reduce
the probably of young boxers acquiring spondylosis. (5)
Our Burlington and Hamilton furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
ease back pain in
elderly patients.
Make your Burlington and Hamilton
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and ease your
back pain and risk of back pain!