Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Back pain care guidelines endorse non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who provides 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 Concord, NC chiropractor at Pure Chiropractic embrace that role. Your Concord, NC chiropractor assists Concord, NC back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started advocates patient education (incorporating 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 received chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients seek chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches 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. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients 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 Concord, NC chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Concord, NC chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Pure Chiropractic, too. Our Concord, NC chiropractic patients see us as the Concord, NC back and neck pain specialists!) Further, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to visit a chiropractor in the last year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had 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 the combined care for their spinal pain – medical and chiropractic – was helpful. (1) Your Concord, NC chiropractor is excited to combine care! Pure Chiropractic is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic appointment today. Pure Chiropractic will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all on your side and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our mutual Concord, NC back pain patient or neck pain patient.
