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August 2021 Healthy News from Vancouver Disc Centers

Vancouver chiropractic spinal manipulation care is relieving and cost effective.  

SPINAL MANIPULATION IS EFFECTIVE AND COST REDUCING FOR SPINE CARE

Vancouver Disc Centers welcomes all spine pain patients! We know the frustration that comes with spine pain. Vancouver chiropractic spinal manipulation helps. Though low back pain is a major source of disability globally, its sufferers who have recurrent or persistent episodes of low back pain realize that chiropractic maintenance care is worthwhile as it is patient-centered care. (1) Neck pain sufferers, too, find help with chiropractic. Neck pain patients who undergo spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US – were found to be 2.38 times less likely to need higher level and costly care like imaging, injection, emergency room or surgery (just 26%) than patients who were treated with other type of care (46%). (2) A recent study of Medicare patient claims states that patients who had decreased access to chiropractic care had a rise in visits (32.3 a year) to primary care physicians for spine pain and an uptick in spine surgeries (5.5 a year) costing an extra $114,967 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and $391 million nationally. (3) Your Vancouver chiropractor is well-qualified in delivering spinal manipulation.  Spinal manipulation is and has been recommended as first-line treatment for low back pain. Medicare claims’ reviews note that chiropractors are the majority of healthcare providers for spinal manipulation and that the overall supply of spinal manipulation providers is falling. (4) Do not worry! Your hometown, Vancouver chiropractor does not intend to stop providing pain-relieving spinal manipulation, especially the gentle, research-supported Cox® Technic style of spinal manipulation.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents research on the place of spinal manipulation in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for the relief of spinal stenosis, a common spine pain condition in the over-65 age group.

Vancouver Disc Centers presents new research on the benefit of adequate B vitamin levels. 

Vancouver CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:

Beneficial B Vitamins

The benefits of B vitamins is undeniable. B12 deficiency is commonly linked with dementia in patients over 65 years of age. It has also been found in young people who have normal B12 levels but have a high methylmalonic acid (MMA) level. Checking the MMA level may be considered in patients with symptoms that seem unconnected as in one patient with neuropathy, depression and stomach issues who tested a high level of MMA. (5) Biotin (B7) supplementation is showing potential in the treatment of neuropathic pain and could reduce the required doses of analgesic drugs. (6) Riboflavin (B2) in foods and via supplements is known for its antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory effects among others. A new study found that B2 to be anti-itch. (7) Are your B levels good? Let’s talk at your next visit!

CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers

Set up your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers for a healthy talk about B vitamins and a healthy session of spine/back/neck pain-relieving spinal manipulation. See you soon! 
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