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Baton Rouge Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

June 28, 2022

Back pain comes. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its trajectory, 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 unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain that satisfies!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is many times the most irritating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They analzed 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 receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications influenced this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the risk. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and influenced the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Baton Rouge back pain sufferers deliberating where to go for their back pain: Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in this setting was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Baton Rouge back pain sufferers who visit Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 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) Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers 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 describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers.

Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers delivers recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines.