See Manahawkin Chiropractic Center First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain comes up (and/or has turned into chronic low back pain) so too does the matter of which healthcare professional to see. It is a valid question! Research states that the first healthcare provider establishes the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain episode. A new study reported that first-provider chiropractic care was less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center delivers individualized treatment plans for Manahawkin back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Despite the fact that chronic low back pain is so common in older adults, research just hasn’t defined what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults uncovered an extensive list of issues that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having had falls in the past, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational issues like having a job for longer than 10 years that necessitated bending/lifting, etc.) and issues that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center, and our patients would like to know more definitively what triggers chronic low back pain! Even more wanted is direction on how to handle it.
REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals affected the care of back pain. The participating physicians were queried as to their referrals for certain complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies (meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians said they advocated these approaches when patients requested them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as rationale for suggesting such approaches. (2) An additional troubling factor for female back pain patients is that they are consistently seen as having higher levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always of concern in our older patients. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is always prepared to share the benefits – perceived by patients and documented by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare physicians and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients turned up this past month emphasizing how important the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.), opioid prescribing, and cost were higher when consulting certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Consulting which provider first resulted in the least expense without any detrimental effect on diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, Manahawkin chiropractic care makes sense.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the good outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had consulted other healthcare providers.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today. The question of which healthcare provider to consult arises, think of your Manahawkin chiropractor!
