“An apple a day…” Everyone can finish that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Sitka back pain
and neck pain sufferers is documented to do the same. Access
just needs to be as easy as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and diminish
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka presents
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka for good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on decreasing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization did a better
job of relieving pain. Manipulation was a bit quicker
in providing relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are prominent
treatments at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka also knows
that our Sitka chiropractic patients are eager
to receive in-office care but not always as excited to do
their at-home care. They are not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients said they made their
appointments. That’s the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually did the at-home care. (2) We know it is tough to make
time at home, and we’ll keep doing our best at
every visit to treat your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC REDUCED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic influenced medically-directed spinal pain care
in older adults. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care increased the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers likened this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka makes itself accessible
to our Sitka spine pain sufferers! Additionally, 42%
of neck pain patients receive escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to experience escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who pursued
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka delivers
spinal manipulation. Your Sitka chiropractor is skilled
in delivering safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at doing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers tend to develop
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease distinguished by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. One study of boxer puppies aged 8 weeks
to one year compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic each month to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At a year old, the treated
puppies were found to experience spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may beneficially reduce
the probably of young boxers acquiring spondylosis. (5)
Our Sitka furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
lessen back pain in
elderly patients.
Schedule your Sitka
chiropractic appointment now. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and lessen your
back pain and risk of back pain!