Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care emphasize non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A recent study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) So true! Chiropractors like your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc embrace that role. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor assists Fort Wayne back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment for recent onset back and/or leg pain advocates patient education (including a discussion about prognosis), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!
24% of US adults seek out chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults got chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain ended with a physical therapy referral. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these patients with low back pain and leg pain go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what inspires a visit to a chiropractor like your Fort Wayne chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc, too. Our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients view us as the Fort Wayne back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to check in with a chiropractor in the last year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also received a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the same issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Cox Chiropractic Medicine Inc is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician whenever possible.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the latest back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Fort Wayne back pain patient or neck pain patient.
