Manahawkin Chiropractic Patients Use Chiropractic for Spine Care
Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Manahawkin folks? Let us look at where it is in the lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
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 concepts to filter to general knowledge. Some people (not our Manahawkin chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors are quacks when in fact chiropractors are non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Manahawkin chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center surely is the Manahawkin back pain specialist!
Manahawkin Chiropractic Center invites back pain, neck pain and spine pain patients to our Manahawkin chiropractic office, especially the painful cases! For example, patients who have recurrent lumbar disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape the need for reoperation. (3) Reports assert that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is growing. A majority of neurosurgeons think that a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Manahawkin neck pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is an option for pain relief. Another similar study reported that no conclusion is known as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of adverse effects is reported 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 good 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 require surgery, the type of surgery was changed in 28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center has considerable success in treating low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center employs a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression which integrates 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 visited at least one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist, yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing this form of care were quite a bit younger and more probable to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare consumers were significantly more liable to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
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Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients who have struggled with back pain for a long time, and patients with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Manahawkin chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center as you grow in the realization that chiropractors - like your Manahawkin chiropractor, a true Manahawkin back pain specialist – are recommended for the non-surgical treatment of Manahawkin spine pain and disability. Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty, as first line treatment for spine pain.
