Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Back pain care guidelines recommend non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A recent study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Minster chiropractor at Minster Chiropractic Center welcome that role. Your Minster chiropractor assists Minster back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and enhance their quality of life.
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started 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 obtained chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t 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 methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are frustrated! “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 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 Minster chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Minster chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Minster Chiropractic Center, too. Our Minster chiropractic patients view us as the Minster back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone 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% thought having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Minster chiropractor is excited to combine care! Minster Chiropractic Center is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Minster chiropractic visit today. Minster Chiropractic Center will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all with you and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Minster back pain patient or neck pain patient.
