YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Reduce Opioid Prescription
Fills, Improve Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on treatment valued
by many for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is organized for the integration
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was found beneficial. There was a significant difference in the results
of usual medical care compared with usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who utilized chiropractic care
were at significantly lower risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a novel role to manage
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was proposed,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Integrating such care into the
healthcare system is intended to improve
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are common in spine care. (3) Your Sitka
chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of collaborating with other healthcare
practitioners to get you the pain relief we all desire
for you! Your Sitka chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
back pain relieving care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that triggered
a patient to lessen her consumption of pain
medication as she experienced less and less pain.
Sitka CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Combining efforts, whether it is it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is beneficial. In dealing with back pain or neck pain, mixing
treatment at the office with exercise at home is beneficial. The latest
report of such a combination stated that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. The patients’ range
of motion got better as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) Sitka back pain and neck pain patients find
further benefit when they are active in their
care. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is here for support!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Schedule your next Sitka
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
work together as a team for pain
relief.
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