Vancouver Exercise and Spinal Manipulation Recommended for Older Adult Back Pain

May 16, 2017

Geriatric back pain patients find relief with combined chiropractic care: spinal manipulation and mobilization plus exercise. That is what new best practices guidelines recommend. Shocked? Of course not! Your Vancouver chiropractor treats your spine, and you treat your spine! Together, your Vancouver chiropractor and you the Vancouver back pain sufferer create a great spine care team. Vancouver Disc Centers is your local Vancouver chiropractic care center where Vancouver back pain patients meet their Vancouver chiropractor to form a treatment plan to relieve pain as well as a plan to prevent future back pain.

A recent high-level research review restates that spinal manipulation is safe for older adults suffering with back pain. Vancouver Disc Centers appreciates this confirmation! How did they do this? Researchers reviewed all published articles from 7 years to update current recommendations. Thirty-seven panelists contributed to this best practices guidelinesupdate and review. In the end, they reached agreement on current statements regarding the best practices for chiropractic care of back pain in older adults. They strengthened the current statement about how safe spinal manipulation is for these patients. The panel inserted two supplementary recommendations that (1) chiropractors should advise exercise to back pain patients who are older and (2) manipulation and mobilization contribute to general positive outcomes not just for pain reduction. (1) Vancouver Disc Centers concurs! Vancouver chiropractic patients often look for care to get rid of their back pain. Then, they discover Vancouver chiropractic care that goes beyond just back pain relief. Chiropractic incorporation of nutrition, exercise, and wellness care encourages them to welcome a healthier way of life.

This chiropractic care starts with back pain relief. The spinal manipulation approach Vancouver Disc Centers employs is called Cox Technic. From the research studies concerning this approach, it is published that radiculopathy (leg pain), chronic moderate/severe back pain and recurrent mild back pain (pain than comes and goes) respond more favorably to chiropractic Cox Technic than to medical conservative care. This study also documented that chronic/recurrent – back pain that recurs several times a year – reacts better to exercise. (2) Vancouver Disc Centers recognizes that exercise is critical to manage back pain and prevent future back pain. Vancouver Disc Centers urges all our Vancouver chiropractic patients to help themselves with exercise.

Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic visit with Vancouver Disc Centers to talk about Vancouver back pain relief and prevention in older adults with Vancouver chiropractic care and appropriate Vancouver exercise. Your Vancouver chiropractor and you will work together as well as recommended spinal manipulation and exercise do to safely and effectively relieve low back pain.