Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A recent 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 Baton Rouge chiropractor at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers accept that responsibility. Your Baton Rouge chiropractor assists Baton Rouge back pain and neck pain patients get relief 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 recommends patient education (incorporating a talk about treatment outcome), 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 chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults sought 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 upset! “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? They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates 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 Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers, too. Our Baton Rouge chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone 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 issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% thought having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Baton Rouge chiropractor is ready to share care! Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Baton Rouge chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Baton Rouge back pain patient or neck pain patient.
