Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic

Guidelines for back pain care emphasize non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A new study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Baton Rouge chiropractor at Spine & Sports Rehab Center embrace that responsibility. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor helps Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.

The newest 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 pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults got chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients seek chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up 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 ended with a physical therapy referral. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.

But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Baton Rouge chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Spine & Sports Rehab Center, too. Our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Spine & Sports Rehab Center as back and neck pain relief specialists!)  Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to consult a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Spine & Sports Rehab Center is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician whenever possible.

Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the most recent back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our shared Baton Rouge back pain patient or neck pain patient.