Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Williamson folks? Let’s look at where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Apple Country Chiropractic
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Is that news to you? Likely because it takes numerous years for such up-to-date,
proven concepts to trickle down to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Williamson chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Williamson chiropractor at Apple Country Chiropractic certainly
is the Williamson back pain specialist!
Apple Country Chiropractic welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Williamson chiropractic practice,
particularly the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and escape
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Williamson neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Apple Country Chiropractic is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
similar study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients proposed to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Apple Country Chiropractic has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Apple Country Chiropractic employs
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A study of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were much more liable
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Apple Country Chiropractic
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Williamson chiropractic appointment with
Apple Country Chiropractic as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Williamson chiropractor, a true
Williamson back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Williamson spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.