Back
Pain Helped by Accessible Chiropractic Care in Cost and Relief
Back pain and neck pain are often
painful as well as costly and manytimes complex. Overall health care
spending in the US keeps rising: $1.4
trillion in 1996 to $3.1 trillion in 2016. It accounts for 18% of
the US economy as of 2020. Of the top 154 conditions that insurers pay for
the coverage of,
low back pain and
neck pain were the most
costly at $134.5 billion.
(What conditions followed? #2 was musculoskeletal disorders, and #3 was diabetes care.) (1) In
a Medicare expenditure study of
spinal care by chiropractors, researchers reported
that $400 to $500 million was spent each year. They also stated
that
more accessibility to chiropractic reduced the
reliance on primary care services for spine pain
conditions. Further, some financial savings for care
of spine pain conditions was reported for ambulatory
patients that may well equate to large savings since
spine pain conditions are so common in older adults. (2)
Ambulatory patients can get themselves to a healthcare provider,
and many go to chiropractors. Chiropractors are known
for their care of the spine and spine-related, musculoskeletal conditions. A new
study noted that they, predictably, most
often chose
spinal manipulation for clinical encounters involving spinal conditions and soft tissue approaches for
extremity pain conditions.
(3) Chiropractors are well-educated to
diagnose co-morbidities, conditions that spine pain patients have in addition to spine pain that are not spine related. Researchers are presently collecting
data that will reveal just how many such
conditions chiropractors see in their patients.
(4) This existence
of non-spine related conditions is a basis for chiropractors’
intensive diagnostic training and familiarity with co-management
with other medical care as needed. Your chiropractor is prepared
to examine, diagnose, and treat your
spine-related pain condition no
matter its complexity in a cost-effective, gentle,
evidence-based manner often using
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Understand Spinal Muscle Care: Electrical Current
Care of the spinal muscles is important,
too. This applies to young and old alike! For the older
folks, it’s really important as loss of skeletal
spinal mass - which affects lumbar lordosis, too -
makes them vulnerable to chronic low back pain. (5) Fatty infiltration of the
paraspinal muscles showed a significant relationship to
a greater risk of back pain and disability in a recent study. (6)
Electrical stimulation (as well as exercise and nutrition
which your chiropractor also supports!) is helpful in improving
spinal muscle. Interferential current was reportedly better
than placebo at decreasing pain and disability immediately
after use in chronic low back pain patients. (7) Your individualized Baton Rouge chiropractic treatment plan may incorporate such adjunct
care along with spinal manipulation. Embrace it!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jay Young on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson about use of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to treat and contain
back pain in a patient with degenerative disc disease.
CONTACT Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers
Schedule your next Baton Rouge
chiropractic visit with Medical Spine and Sports Injury and Rehab Centers now.
We look forward to seeing you soon! And we're happy to share our chiropractic services to help alleviate your pain.
