Manchester Chiropractic Patients Use Chiropractic for Spine Care
Where does chiropractic medicine fit in your life, in the lives of other Manchester folks? Let us look at where it fits in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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) Have you heard that before? Probably not because it requires many years for such new, proven ideas to filter to general knowledge. Some people (not our Manchester chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors are quacks when in fact chiropractors are non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Manchester chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries surely is the Manchester back pain specialist!
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries welcomes back pain, neck pain and spine pain patients to our Manchester chiropractic practice, especially the painful cases! For example, patients who have recurrent lumbar disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports say 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 call 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 Manchester neck pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is an option for pain relief. Another such study found that no conclusion is known as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing the condition termed stenosis. Further, 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 require 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 Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries has vast success in treating low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries utilizes a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to decompress nerves allowing 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 received care from at least one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist, yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing this form of care were significantly younger and more likely to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more apt to believe that MBP prevented 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 helps 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 Manchester chiropractic appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries as you come to realize that chiropractors - like your Manchester chiropractor, a true Manchester back pain specialist – are appropriate for the non-surgical treatment of Manchester spine pain and disability. Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte, as first line treatment for spine pain.
