YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Reduce Opioid Prescription
Fills, Enhance Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on care appreciated
by clients for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is organized for the integration
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was documented
as being beneficial. There was a significant difference in the outcomes
of usual medical care compared with usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who utilized chiropractic care
were at significantly reduced risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a new role to manage
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was proposed,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Incorporating such care into the
healthcare system is aimed to enhance
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are common in spine care. (3) Your Minster
chiropractor at Minster Chiropractic Center understands the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of collaborating with other healthcare
practitioners to deliver the pain relief we all want
for you! Your Minster chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
relieving treatment of back pain with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that prompted
a patient to reduce her intake of pain
medication as she felt less and less pain.
Minster CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Blending efforts, be it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is important. In suffering
with and seeking relief of back pain or neck pain, combining
treatment at the office with exercise at home is helpful. The latest
report of such a combination stated that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. Their range
of motion got better as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) Minster back pain and neck pain patients report
additional benefit when they are active in their
care. Minster Chiropractic Center is here for support!
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Schedule your next Minster
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Minster Chiropractic Center
work together as a team for pain
relief.
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