Back pain comes. Back pain lingers
occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or
longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain makes
itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away.
The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire
for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical,
drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods
are available. Layden Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug,
non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Plainville back pain and neck pain
that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is many times the most annoying.
Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy
and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed.
They questioned how spinal manipulation influenced
the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old.
The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were
significantly less for those receiving
chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a
bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months
.61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether
a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed
this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with
the risk. The study concluded 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 likely to get
published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is
positive news for Plainville back pain sufferers deliberating
where to go for their back pain: Layden Chiropractic!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary
episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for assistance.
Opioid prescribing in the ER was documented
as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended
limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that prescribing
opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low
back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that
there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated
with opioid use. (2) Plainville back pain sufferers finding their way to Layden Chiropractic 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. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers
were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations
were followed revealed some eye-opening 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 12 months. They were asked what type of care
their medical doctor recommended and if they followed the
recommended care. 96% said they received 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. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids,
gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended.
Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68%
for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Layden Chiropractic provides
safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and
encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
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.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic
appointment now. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in
recommended spinal manipulation care at Layden Chiropractic.