Williamson Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around sporadically. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its trajectory, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is tenacious. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are out there. Apple Country Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Williamson back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is many times the most annoying. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a bit as the back pain lingered: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications influenced this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the risk. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and influenced the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more apt to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Williamson back pain sufferers deliberating where to go for their back pain: Apple Country Chiropractic!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ED was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Williamson back pain sufferers who come to Apple Country Chiropractic find other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed showed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed the recommended care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Apple Country Chiropractic deliveres safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Apple Country Chiropractic.
