Fernandina Beach Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a quick fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Amelia Chiropractic Clinic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most aggravating. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were generally prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did go up a bit as the back pain lingered: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the risk. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more likely to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Amelia Chiropractic Clinic!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, initial episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ER was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care part from the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Fernandina Beach back pain sufferers who visit Amelia Chiropractic Clinic find other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. Chiropractors make up 97%-98% of the spinal manipulation providers. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor recommended drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Amelia Chiropractic Clinic deliveres safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic.
