April 2023 Healthy News from Aaron Chiropractic Clinic The Choice of Many Back Pain Options and Anti-inflammatory Help of Turmeric

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THE ‘SUPERMARKET’ OF BACK PAIN CARE OPTIONS: How to Choose?

“Supermarkets” are amazing for food shopping but not necessarily for attaining relief of Fort Wayne back pain, understanding the basis of back pain, nor getting up in the morning without pain and welcoming the day. A new back pain sufferer can get lost in today’s “supermarket” of healthcare options. Researchers came up with this comparison of back pain care choices to goods on shelves in a supermarket as they witnessed this at their meetings where the latest in back pain care options were touted next to each other with each approach’s supporters sharing their experience (some with solid, accurately presented research evidence, some without). (1) It is no wonder that back pain sufferers – who are not alone with a lifetime likelihood of low back pain for all of us being 85% (2) – are dazed and unable to make a choice. This is where our teamwork is useful. You share your expectations. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic will share the best evidence in creating a treatment plan to help you get relief. Researchers studied patient preferences and goals for non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain and reported that these are critical to patient outcomes. (3) YOUR goals of care are key: Do you want to walk more? Sleep better? Understand your pain better? YOUR preferences for care are important:  Do you want manipulation? Supervised therapy? Talk to a therapist?]33] As your Fort Wayne chiropractor, I want to hear them. Those will direct your care and enhance your clinical outcomes. We know that conservative care for 4 to 6 weeks is recommended (in the absence of progressive neurological deficits and/or cauda equina syndrome) prior to imaging. (4) We also know that spinal manipulation is one of the top conservative advocated treatments. (5) When you are suffering with back pain, let us be your personal shopper, finding you the approach of chiropractic services to help you best!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details both The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as the healthcare path for back pain relief that is often confusing and non-congruent with current recommendations for the non-surgical, conservative care of back pain. 

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TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric

Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) is a plant well-known for its anti-inflammatory aspects due to its polyphenolic curcuminoids. In a scoping review of published papers, researchers concluded that current evidence is great that suggests clinical benefit from taking turmeric for its anti-inflammatory benefits, particularly in inflammation-linked diseases like obesity-related metabolic disorders or musculoskeletal disorders (like back and neck pain). (6) Researchers always call for more research to conclusively recommend dosages and formulations. In the interim, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic and you can have a conversation about how adding turmeric to your nutrition plan may positively influence your pain relief and healing.

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