Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Back pain care guidelines endorse 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) Yes! Chiropractors like your Manahawkin chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center welcome that role. Your Manahawkin chiropractor helps Manahawkin back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and enhance their quality of life.
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment for recent onset back and/or leg pain advocates 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 seek chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults obtained chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written 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 resulted in a physical therapy referral. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these patients with low back pain and leg pain go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? They received opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your Manahawkin chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Manahawkin chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Manahawkin Chiropractic Center, too. Our Manahawkin chiropractic patients view us as the Manahawkin back and neck pain specialists!) Further, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to consult a chiropractor in the last year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had 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% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Manahawkin chiropractor is excited to combine care! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is ready to work as a team with your primary care physician whenever possible.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic visit today. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all on your side and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our mutual Manahawkin back pain patient or neck pain patient.
