Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Minster folks? Let
us start with where it fits in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Minster Chiropractic Center
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Is that news to you? Likely because it is
known to take numerous years for such up-to-date,
proven models to filter to general
knowledge. Some people (not our
Minster chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when in fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Minster chiropractor at Minster Chiropractic Center certainly
is the Minster back pain specialist!
Minster Chiropractic Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Minster chiropractic practice,
especially the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Minster neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Minster Chiropractic Center is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Minster Chiropractic Center has vast success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Minster Chiropractic Center uses
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A report of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were significantly younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more likely
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation helps back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Minster chiropractic appointment with
Minster Chiropractic Center as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Minster chiropractor, a true
Minster back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Minster spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.