Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Plainville folks? Let
us start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Layden Chiropractic
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) Did you know that? Not likely because it takes many years for such innovative,
proven models to filter to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Plainville chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic certainly
is the Plainville back pain specialist!
Layden Chiropractic invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Plainville chiropractic practice,
particularly the painful cases! For
example, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people receive 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 rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum duration 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 Plainville neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Layden Chiropractic is an option for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients proposed 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 need surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Layden Chiropractic has considerable success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Layden Chiropractic utilizes
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 describing how 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 revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were significantly younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more liable
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Layden Chiropractic
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Plainville chiropractic appointment with
Layden Chiropractic as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Plainville chiropractor, a true
Plainville back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Plainville spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.