Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care emphasize non-surgical care treatments 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 Williamson chiropractor at Apple Country Chiropractic welcome that role. Your Williamson chiropractor helps Williamson back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and enhance 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 chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults received chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients get 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 ended with a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Williamson chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Williamson chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Apple Country Chiropractic, too. Our Williamson chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Apple Country Chiropractic as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to visit a chiropractor in the last 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 Williamson chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Apple Country Chiropractic is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Williamson chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Williamson back pain patient or neck pain patient.
