August 2021 Healthy News from Amelia Chiropractic Clinic
Amelia Chiropractic Clinic welcomes all spine pain patients! Spine pain is unwelcome by its sufferers. Fernandina Beach chiropractic spinal manipulation is beneficial for many. Though low back pain is a major source of disability globally, its sufferers who experience persistent or recurrent episodes of low back pain realize that chiropractic maintenance care is effective as it is patient-centered care. (1) Neck pain sufferers, too, discover relief with chiropractic. Neck pain patients who undergo spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US – were found to be 2.38 times less likely to need escalated and costly care like imaging, injection, emergency room or surgery (just 26%) than patients who were treated with other kinds of care (46%). (2) A recent study of Medicare patient claims reveals that patients who had reduced access to chiropractic care had an increase in visits (32.3 a year) to primary care physicians for spine pain and an increase in spine surgeries (5.5 a year) costing an extra $114,967 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and $391 million nationally. (3) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor is well-qualified in delivering spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation is and has been advised as first-line treatment for low back pain. Reviews of Medicare claims point out that chiropractors are the majority of healthcare providers for spinal manipulation and that the general supply of spinal manipulation providers is falling. (4) Have no fear! Your hometown, Fernandina Beach chiropractor has no intention of not providing pain-relieving spinal manipulation, particularly the gentle, research-backed Cox® Technic style of spinal manipulation.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents research on the place of spinal manipulation in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for the relief of spinal stenosis, a common spine pain condition in the over-65 age set.
Beneficial B Vitamins
B vitamins are beneficial. B12 deficiency is often associated with dementia in patients over 65 years of age. It’s also been found in young people who have normal B12 levels but their methylmalonic acid (MMA) level is high. Testing the MMA level may be considered in patients with symptoms that seem unrelated as in one patient with neuropathy, depression and stomach issues who tested a high level of MMA. (5) Biotin (B7) supplementation is demonstrating potential in the treatment of neuropathic pain and could lessen the necessary doses of analgesic drugs. (6) Riboflavin (B2) in foods and via supplements is known for its antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory effects among others. A recent study reported that B2 offers anti-itch properties. (7) How are your B levels? Let’s talk at your next visit!
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Set up your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic for a healthy chat about B vitamins and a healthy session of spine/back/neck pain-reducing spinal manipulation. See you then!