Aaron Chiropractic Clinic Respects the Painful Spine with Evidence-Based Care
The spine merits respect. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic respects all Fort Wayne spines, those in good shape and those in not so good shape. When the spine hurts, it gets attention. The attention the hurting spine gets is not always respectful of the guidelines for its pain relief. That fact is receiving notice in the medical research. Evidence based guidelines for a painful spine’s care are abundant, but they are not always respected. They are published but not always read or implemented. The spine deserves better. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor respects the spine and coordinates its trouble to the best evidence-based protocol for its relief which is frequently non-surgical and non-drug.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND APPROACHES
What is recommended and/or favorable for spine pain often delivered even in Fort Wayne? The American Pain Society and the American College of Physicians recommend spinal manipulation for low back pain. (1) Flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic) and manual therapy using joint mobilization techniques and flexion distraction is reported to be effective for low back pain relief. (2) Spinal manipulation as a conservative treatment should be attempted by patients with chronic low back pain and low back pain related disability. (3) Flexion distraction brings clinically meaningful improvement in pain by 79% and disability by 70% at 14.5 months follow-up. (4) Research notes that surgical methods and outcomes vary from place to place for patients with the same condition. It calls for standardization of care and the establishment of international guidelines founded on what works best according to such evidence. (5) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic agrees that published guidelines showing what is most effective need to be respected.
CLINICAL REALITY
What is really going on? A recently published article that reviewed the care of Canadian spine pain patients sent for spine surgery came out and wrote that “Surgeons do not use clinical practice guidelines before spine surgery.” What did they do? Prescribed medications to 74.2% of them 46.3% of whom got opioids. 61.1% of patients tried two or fewer non-surgical forms of treatment. The article proposes that if patients attempted to use evidence-based non-operative treatments before a spine surgery consultation, fewer would be referred and, in Canada, fewer would get worse as they have to wait such a long time to get to the surgeon. (6) Lumbar cage fusion rates increased from 3.6% to 58% in 5 years that resulted in increased complication risk without any improvement in disability or reoperation rates. (7) Aaron Chiropractic Clinic offers Fort Wayne chiropractic spine care with less invasive, more effective means, specifically with the evidence-based protocols of Cox Technic.
MAKE A Fort Wayne CHIROPRACTIC APPOINTMENT
Listen to this PODCAST with medical doctor, Dr. David Moen, who promotes non-surgical care of back pain with chiropractic for less costly and unnecessary medical care.
Schedule a Fort Wayne chiropractic consultation today with the Fort Wayne spine specialist at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic where your hurting spine is seen with respect and relieving care as evidence reports as being best.
