Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Manchester folks? Let’s 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) Is that news to you? Probably because it is
known to take many years for such up-to-date,
proven concepts to filter to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Manchester chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when in fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Manchester chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries certainly
is the Manchester back pain specialist!
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Manchester chiropractic office,
especially the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and evade
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum duration 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
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 stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported 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
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries uses
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how 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 going to them were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were much more prone
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced 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.