When back pain comes up (and/or has turned
into chronic low back pain) so too does the question of
which healthcare provider to see. It’s
a valid question! Research maintains that the first healthcare professional
sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain flare-up.
A new study shared that first-provider chiropractic care was less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals.
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation provides individualized treatment plans for Carrolltown
back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Despite the fact that chronic low back
pain is notably common in older adults, research just hasn’t
described what contributes to it or to its
prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults exposed
an extensive list of issues that may contribute (from being
female, obese, anxious, depressed, having had falls in the past,
lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational requirements
like having a job for longer than 10 years that necessitated
bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low
back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These
researchers, Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation, and our patients would like to know more definitively
what triggers chronic low back pain!
Even more desired is direction on what to do about it.
REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals
affected the care of back pain. The participating physicians
were queried as to their referrals for particular
complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements,
chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies
(meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians reported
they recommended these approaches when patients asked
for them. More female than male physicians answered
using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as rationale
for recommending such approaches. (2) An additional concerning
factor for female back pain sufferers is that they are consistently
noted as having higher levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always of concern in our older patients. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is always ready to share the benefits
– recognized by patients and documented by
research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare
physicians and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients appeared this past month highlighting how influential
the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back
pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.),
opioid prescribing, and cost were greater when seeing
certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary
care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Consulting
which provider first resulted in the lowest cost of
care without any delay in diagnosis
or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to
back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, Carrolltown chiropractic care
makes sense.
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the good
outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who got
relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had seen
other healthcare professionals.
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic
appointment soon. The question of which healthcare provider
to see arises, think of your
Carrolltown chiropractor!