Fort Wayne Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are available. Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Fort Wayne back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most irritating. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the risk. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Fort Wayne back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ER was documented as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain built up the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care part from the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Fort Wayne back pain sufferers finding their way to Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc discover other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed showed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc.
