Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Baton Rouge folks? Let’s look at where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Spine & Sports Rehab Center
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Have
you heard that before? Probably not as it requires many years for such new,
proven ideas to trickle down to common
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Baton Rouge chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor at Spine & Sports Rehab Center certainly
is the Baton Rouge back pain specialist!
Spine & Sports Rehab Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Baton Rouge chiropractic office,
particularly the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Baton Rouge neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Spine & Sports Rehab Center is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a sound
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Spine & Sports Rehab Center has substantial success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Spine & Sports Rehab Center uses
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A study of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing
this form of care were quite a bit younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more apt
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Spine & Sports Rehab Center
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment with
Spine & Sports Rehab Center as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Baton Rouge chiropractor, a true
Baton Rouge back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Baton Rouge spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.