January 2020 Healthy News from Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka: Chiropractic for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Pain Relief and Glucosamine for Back and Joint Cartilage

For many Sitka back pain patients, back surgery seems to be the answer…until it is not. Statistics reveal that upwards of 50% of patients who undergo back surgery have the same or worse pain at some point in the future...a year, 10 years, etc. (1,2,3) What comes next? Another surgery? For some Sitka failed back surgical syndrome (FBSS) patients, yes. For others, no. Occasionally another surgery is by necessity, sometimes by choice. There are other choices though. Even back spine surgeons are searching for the next step for such patients. The multidisciplinary approach is well thought of to make post-surgical continued pain (PSCP) care more uniform among surgical practices and enhance patient outcomes. Researchers are just now trying to establish what the “uniform care” should be. (4) Other researchers concede that evidence is not very strong for the use of medications and reoperations to contend with FBSS patients. Active exercise has solid evidence. For some of the worst FBSS chronic pain patients, spinal cord stimulators are being tried. (5) Chronic back pain patients who are proactive in dealing with their pain by exercising and trying other self-care coping strategies suggested by their chiropractors - like your Sitka chiropractor may do – find they manage with their pain better. (6) A specific study of 69 post-surgical continued pain patients (aka FBSS) cared for with the chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management revealed that 81% of FBSS/PSCP patients undergoing a mean of 11 treatment visits over a 49 day period of active care reported more than 50% pain relief at the end of 3 months’ active care. At 24 months, only 16% underwent another surgery while 82% reported pain relief of more than 50%. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation is a practical, evidence-based option before back surgery (and recommended prior to back surgery by organizations like the American Pain Society and the American College of Family Physicians (11)) and after back surgery. Your Sitka chiropractor has just the treatment plan to relieve and control your and a loved one’s back pain. Set up an appointment soon!

Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents the treatment of post-surgical continued pain/failed back surgical syndrome patients using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. There’s hope!

Glucosamine sulfate benefits cartilage and joints found all over the body like the spine and knee. It is physiologically part of the body. Glucosamine sulfate halts the destruction of cartilage and decreases symptoms of osteoarthritis. It reduces destruction of cartilage by stopping the enzymes that do that. It inhibits damage of corticosteroids on chondrocytes and NSAIDS on glycosaminoglycan synthesis necessary for cartilage health. It’s even written to be a “stimulator of tissue regeneration.” (8) For those suffering with osteoarthritis – the most common joint disease and common cause of joint pain, functional loss and disability – taking glucosamine along with NSAID treatment like meloxicam inhibited the inflammatory issue accompanying osteoarthritis by reducing the levels of interleukin 1ß. (9) Glucosamine sulfate taken orally reduced lower back pain as effectively as NSAIDs and did not raise glucose levels out of their normal limit. (10) Let’s talk about how glucosamine sulfate may help you manage your Sitka back pain and joint pain.

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Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic appointment today with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Sitka back pain whether it’s been surgically managed or not is invited to Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka where chiropractic care with spinal manipulation and glucosamine help sufferers get relief and a sense of control.

May 2020 be your year of back pain relief solutions with Sitka chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka!