August 2023 Healthy News from Apple Country Chiropractic 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 great if a pill would do it?! Many back pain sufferers step into the back pain relief medical system and are prescribed meds first. They take them with hope for relief of pain. (Because this is so customary, we chiropractors recognize that we need to be well-trained to identify patients who may have 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 looked at the year following the first visit for back pain found that utilization of healthcare services was less for those who chose chiropractic first. The greatest health care utilization was noted for those who visited the emergency room as their first step into healthcare for back pain relief. (2) Another study noted that for patients under age 50 who are suffering 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 less for those who underwent chiropractic spinal manipulative care than those who used usual medical care. (3) Your chiropractor recognizes 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 Williamson chiropractor at Apple Country Chiropractic is confident to help our Williamson 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 variety of 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 linked! Researchers who compared hip rotation range of motion in participants who had back pain and those who didn’t found that those with low back pain had remarkably restricted hip lateral rotation range of motion. (4) Luckily, there are ways 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 a new study. (5) Another study hyped the benefit of core stability exercise and hip muscle stretching as effective at improving physical function and activity in non-specific low back pain patients. (6) Let’s check your hip flexibility out at your next Williamson chiropractic appointment and plan a way to maximize it!
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