August 2023 Healthy News from Vancouver Disc Centers Less Gabapentin Prescription and Pain with Chiropractic Care Back Pain & Hip Flexibility Link
Back pain is disruptive. Its sufferers desire relief. Wouldn’t it be terrific if a pill would do it?! Many back pain sufferers enter the back pain relief medical system and are prescribed meds first. They take them with hope for relief of pain. (Because this is so common, we chiropractors acknowledge that we need to be well-trained to identify patients who may deal with a substance use issue and know how to help if the use is a problem. (1)) Recent research states that the first-choice healthcare provider makes a difference in patients’ utilization of healthcare services. An assessment of 29,806 patient cases that analyzed utilization of healthcare for the year following the first visit and found that use was lower for those who decided on chiropractic care first. The greatest health care utilization was seen for those who visited the emergency room as their first healthcare visit for back pain relief. (2) Another study shared that for patients under 50 years old who are dealing with low back pain, two common options of care and of care providers are spinal manipulation from a chiropractor and pharmacological prescription of gabapentin from a medical provider. Prescriptions for gabapentin were significantly lower for those who underwent chiropractic spinal manipulative care than those who underwent usual medical care. (3) Your chiropractor appreciates the value of interdisciplinary care and works with healthcare colleagues for the benefit of our back pain patients whenever possible and the value of provider choice with regards to relief and care. Your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers is confident to help our Vancouver back pain patients with our effective chiropractic services!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the many choices back pain patients in “The Spine Care ‘Supermarket’” and how choosing The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helps manage the pain.
When the hips are tight, the back gets stressed, and movement is modified. Remember: Everything is connected! Researchers who compared hip rotation range of motion in participants who had back pain and those who did not found that those with low back pain had extraordinarily restricted hip lateral rotation range of motion. (4) Luckily, there are methods to improve hip flexibility. One new way is auricular acupressure. What is that? Ask at your next appointment, but it enhanced hip flexibility (and back pain!) in one new study. (5) Another study hyped the benefit of core stability exercise and hip muscle stretching as effective at enhancing physical function and activity in non-specific low back pain patients. (6) Let’s check your hip flexibility out at your next Vancouver chiropractic appointment and plan a way to maximize it!
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