Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A recent study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic relish that role. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor assists Fort Wayne back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and enhance their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (including a discussion about prognosis), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!
24% of US adults pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults obtained chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients seek chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain resulted in a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Fort Wayne chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Aaron Chiropractic Clinic, too. Our Fort Wayne chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Further, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to visit a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the same issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% thought having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Fort Wayne chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Fort Wayne back pain patient or neck pain patient.
