See Pure Chiropractic First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain comes up (and/or has transitioned into chronic low back pain) so too does the matter of which healthcare provider to see. It’s a valid question! Research maintains that the first healthcare professional sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain flare-up. A new study stated that first-provider chiropractic care endedup being less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Pure Chiropractic provides individualized treatment plans for Concord, NC back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Despite the fact that chronic low back pain is so common in older adults, research just has not noted clearly what contributes to it or to its prevention. One analysis of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults uncovered an extensive list of issues that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having fallen, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational requirements like having a job for more than 10 years that necessitated bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Pure Chiropractic, and our patients would like to know more conclusively what induces chronic low back pain! Even more desired is direction on what to do about 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 certain 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 stated they advocated these approaches when patients requested them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as rationale for recommending such approaches. (2) An additional concerning factor for female back pain sufferers is that they are consistently seen as having higher levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always a concern in our older patients. Pure Chiropractic is always prepared to share the benefits – recognized by patients and documented by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare providers and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients appeared 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 higher when seeing certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Seeing which provider first resulted in the lowest cost of care without any delay in diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! With regards to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, Concord, NC 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 describes the good outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had consulted other healthcare professionals.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today. The question of which healthcare professional to see arises, remember your Concord, NC chiropractor!
