Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A new 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractor at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic welcome that responsibility. Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor assists Fernandina Beach back pain and neck pain patients get relief 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 (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 get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written 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 resulted in 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? They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Fernandina Beach chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Amelia Chiropractic Clinic, too. Our Fernandina Beach chiropractic patients see the back pain specialists at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Additionally, 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 received 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 having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Fernandina Beach chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Amelia Chiropractic Clinic is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Fernandina Beach back pain patient or neck pain patient.
