Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care recommend non-surgical care approaches 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) So true! Chiropractors like your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic accept that role. Your Plainville chiropractor assists Plainville back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (incorporating 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!
24% of US adults pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults sought chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches 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? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Plainville chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Plainville chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Layden Chiropractic, too. Our Plainville chiropractic patients view us as the Plainville back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to visit a chiropractor in the last year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also received 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 Plainville chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Layden Chiropractic is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our mutual Plainville back pain patient or neck pain patient.
