Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Severna Park folks? Let’s start with where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Back And Neck Care Center
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Have
you heard that before? Probably not because it is
known to take many years for such new,
proven ideas to trickle down to common
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Severna Park chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Severna Park chiropractor at Back And Neck Care Center surely
is the Severna Park back pain specialist!
Back And Neck Care Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Severna Park chiropractic office,
especially the painful cases! For
example, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and evade
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Severna Park neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Back And Neck Care Center is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
similar study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
idea. A study of 137 patients proposed to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not need surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Back And Neck Care Center has substantial success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Back And Neck Care Center utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A study of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were quite a bit younger and more probable
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more prone
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Back And Neck Care Center
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Severna Park chiropractic appointment with
Back And Neck Care Center as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Severna Park chiropractor, a true
Severna Park back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Severna Park spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.