Back Pain Helped by Accessible Chiropractic Care in Cost and Relief
Back pain and neck pain are often painful as well as costly and manytimes complex. Overall health care spending in the United State keeps increasing: $1.4 trillion in 1996 to $3.1 trillion in 2016. It accounts for 18% of the US economy as of 2020. Of the top 154 conditions that insurers pay for the coverage of,
low back pain and
neck pain were the most costly at $134.5 billion.
(If you’re curious, #2 was musculoskeletal disorders, and #3 was diabetes care.) (1) In a Medicare expenditure study of spinal care by chiropractors, researchers reported that $400 to $500 million was spent each year. They also noted that
more accessibility to chiropractic reduced the reliance on primary care services for painful spinal conditions. Further, some financial savings for treatment of spine pain conditions was seen in the care of ambulatory patients that may well equate to bigger savings since spine pain conditions are so common in older adults. (2) Ambulatory patients can take themselves to a healthcare provider, and many go to chiropractors. Chiropractors are known for their care of the spine and spine-related, musculoskeletal conditions. A new study noted that they, not surprisingly, usually elected to use
spinal manipulation for clinical treatments of spinal conditions and soft tissue approaches for extremity pain conditions.
(3) Chiropractors are well-trained to diagnose co-morbidities, conditions that spine pain patients have in addition to spine pain that are not related to the spine. Researchers are working on gathering data that will show just how many of these types of conditions chiropractors find in their patients.
(4) This existence of non-spine related conditions is the basis for chiropractors’ intensive diagnostic training and comfort with co-management with other medical care as needed. Your chiropractor is prepared to examine, diagnose, and treat your
spine-related pain condition no matter its complexity in a cost-effective, gentle, evidence-based manner often via
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Understand Spinal Muscle Care: Electrical Current
Care of the spinal muscles is essential, too. This applies to the young and old! For the older folks, it is really essential as loss of skeletal spinal mass - which influences lumbar lordosis, too - makes them vulnerable to chronic low back pain. (5) Fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles correlated greatly with a higher risk of back pain and disability in a recent study. (6) Electrical stimulation (in addition to exercise and nutrition which your chiropractor also encourages!) is helpful in improving spinal muscle. Interferential current was reportedly better than placebo at reducing pain and disability right after use in chronic low back pain patients. (7) Your individualized Manchester chiropractic treatment plan may incorporate such add-on care along with spinal manipulation. Embrace it!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jay Young on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to treat and contain back pain in a patient with degenerative disc disease.
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