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Healthy News April 2023 Choosing the Back Pain Care Option for You and Adding Turmeric for Anti-Inflammatory Help

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THE ‘SUPERMARKET’ OF BACK PAIN CARE OPTIONS: How to Choose?

“Supermarkets” are great for gathering food but not necessarily for finding relief of Baton Rouge back pain, grasping the basis of back pain, nor getting up in the morning without pain and welcoming the day. A new back pain sufferer may well get lost in today’s “supermarket” of healthcare options. Researchers came up with this comparison of back pain care options to goods on shelves in a supermarket as they saw this at their meetings where the latest in back pain care options were excitedly presented next to each other with each approach’s supporters telling about their experience (some with solid, accurately presented research evidence, some without). (1) It’s no wonder that back pain sufferers – who are not alone with a lifetime likelihood of low back pain for all of us being 85% (2) – are dazed and unable to make a choice. That is where our teamwork comes into play. You share your expectations. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers will share the best evidence in creating a treatment plan to help you recover. Researchers studied patient preferences and goals for non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain and reported that these are critical to patient outcomes. (3) YOUR goals of care are important: Do you want to walk more? Sleep better? Understand your pain better? YOUR preferences for care are key:  Do you feel spinal manipulation is for you? Or supervised rehab? Or psychotherapy?? Supervised therapy? Talk to a therapist?]33] As your Baton Rouge chiropractor, I want to hear what you want. They will direct your care and enhance your clinical outcomes. We understand that conservative care for 4 to 6 weeks is recommended (in the absence of progressive neurological deficits and/or cauda equina syndrome) prior to imaging. (4) We also know that spinal manipulation is one of the top conservative recommended treatments. (5) When you are suffering with back pain, let us be your personal shopper, finding you the approach of chiropractic services to help you best!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes both The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as the healthcare path for back pain relief that is often perplexing and non-congruent with current recommendations for the non-surgical, conservative care of back pain. 

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TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric

Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) is a plant well-recognized for its anti-inflammatory properties due to its polyphenolic curcuminoids. In a scoping review of published papers, researchers concluded that current evidence is great that suggests clinical benefit from taking turmeric for its anti-inflammatory benefits, particularly in inflammation-linked diseases like obesity-related metabolic disorders or musculoskeletal disorders (like back and neck pain). (6) Researchers always call for more research to conclusively recommend dosages and formulations. In the meantime, Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers and you can have a conversation about how adding turmeric to your nutrition plan may positively influence your pain relief and healing.

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