Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A recent study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers relish that role. Your Vancouver chiropractor assists Vancouver back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (incorporating a talk about treatment outcome), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!
24% of US adults seek out chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults received chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients seek chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are frustrated! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain resulted in a physical therapy referral. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Vancouver chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Vancouver chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Vancouver Disc Centers, too. Our Vancouver chiropractic patients view us as the Vancouver back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to check in with a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% thought having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Vancouver chiropractor is excited to combine care! Vancouver Disc Centers is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Vancouver chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our mutual Vancouver back pain patient or neck pain patient.
