Healthy News - January 2021
Federally directed insurance coverage for chiropractic care tends to limit chiropractic regardless of the benefits chiropractic affords recipients. For example, chiropractic care for Medicare recipients seeking care from chiropractors for back pain is only covered for spinal manipulation despite no evidence showing an increase in serious risks related to chiropractic care of neck or back pain for these Medicare patients. Actually, research has shown that chiropractic care sped up recovery, reduced the number of back surgeries in a year, decreased opioid-linked disability, diminished the number of falls and traumatic injuries, reduced the decline in activities of daily living and disability over time, and lessened the costs and medical doctor visits for low back pain. (1) Another example is that despite new professional and insurance guidelines for clinical decision-making regarding back pain care, the Federal Employees Compensation Act still necessitates x-rays for chiropractic care to be reimbursed for care. (2) Rather than imaging today, other less costly and more valuable ways are research-documented to determine if spinal manipulation is suitable. Researchers are so sophisticated as to be able to predict which low back pain patients will respond to spinal manipulation as a nonpharmacologic intervention recommended in clinical care guidelines today and by how much depending on factors like medication and exercise expectation, pain frequency, height, gender, extension ability, response to STarT Back Tool questionnaire. (3) The benefits of chiropractic care continue to expand and to be documented, primed for recognition by providers as they are already recognized by Fort Wayne back and neck pain patient recipients. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic provides pain-relieving care despite the payment system.
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Glucosamine and Chondroitin: Not Just for The Disc Anymore!
Taking glucosamine/chondroitin supplements is ever more described as positive. A recent paper explains that using this combo reduced overall risk of early death about as efficiently as routine exercise. (The authors do not recommend not exercising though!) (4) Another study of 77,510 supplement users found that people who consumed glucosamine (alone or with chondroitin) had a significantly lower risk of death. Further, current users had a significantly lower risk of death from cancer. (5) Even more specifically, regular use of glucosamine was associated with a significantly lower risk of total cardiovascular disease issues and death, coronary heart disease and stroke. (6) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic has certainly seen the beneficial use of glucosamine and chondroitin to take care of degenerative discs associated with back pain and neck pain. These additional benefits just raise the bar for the benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin. Are you taking yours? Let’s talk at your next Fort Wayne chiropractic visit!
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