See Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain arises (and/or has transitioned into chronic low back pain) so too does the matter of which healthcare provider to see. It is a valid question! Research states that the first healthcare professional sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain flare-up. A new study shared that first-provider chiropractic care endedup being less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries delivers individualized treatment plans for Manchester back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Even though chronic low back pain is notably common in older adults, research just hasn’t noted clearly what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults exposed 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 requirements like having a job for longer than 10 years that required bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries, and our patients would like to know more conclusively what triggers chronic low back pain! Even more desired 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 participants were queried as to their referrals for particular 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 recommended these approaches when patients requested them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as reasoning for recommending such approaches. (2) An additional concerning 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. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is always ready to discuss the benefits – perceived by patients and documented by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare professionals and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients surfaced 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 greater when seeing certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Consulting which provider first resulted in the lowest cost of care without any delay in diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, Manchester 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 positive outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who got relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had consulted other healthcare professionals.
Schedule your Manchester chiropractic appointment soon. The question of which healthcare professional to see arises, remember your Manchester chiropractor!
