April 2023 Healthy News from Satterwhite Chiropractic The Choice of Many Back Pain Options and Anti-inflammatory Help of Turmeric

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THE ‘SUPERMARKET’ OF BACK PAIN CARE OPTIONS: How to Choose?

“Supermarkets” are great for gathering food but not necessarily for finding relief of Oxford back pain, understanding the basis of back pain, nor waking up each day and functioning with hope. A new back pain sufferer can get lost in this “supermarket” of healthcare choices. Researchers described this comparison of back pain care options to goods on shelves in a supermarket as they witnessed this at their meetings where the latest in back pain care options were touted next to each other with each approach’s supporters imparting their procedures (some with solid, accurately presented research evidence, some without). (1) It is no wonder that back pain sufferers – who are not alone with a lifetime likelihood of low back pain for all of us being 85% (2) – are dazed and unable to make a choice. That is where our teamwork comes in handy. You share your expectations. We’ll share the best evidence to create a treatment plan to help you recover. Researchers analyzed patient preferences and goals for non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain and reported that these are critical to patient outcomes. (3) YOUR goals of care are important: Do you want to walk more? Sleep better? Understand your pain better? YOUR preferences for care are important:  Do you want manipulation? Supervised therapy? Talk to a therapist?]33] As your Oxford chiropractor, I want to know what you want. They will direct your care and enhance your clinical outcomes. We know that conservative care for 4 to 6 weeks is recommended (in the absence of progressive neurological deficits and/or cauda equina syndrome) prior to imaging. (4) We also recognize that spinal manipulation is one of the top conservative advocated treatments. (5) When you are suffering with back pain, let us be your personal shopper, finding you the approach of chiropractic services to help you best!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes both The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as the healthcare path for back pain relief that is often confusing and non-congruent with current recommendations for the non-surgical, conservative care of back pain. 

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TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric

Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) is a plant well-recognized for its anti-inflammatory aspects due to its polyphenolic curcuminoids. In a scoping review of published papers, researchers determined that current evidence is great that suggests clinical benefit from supplementing turmeric for its anti-inflammatory benefits, especially in inflammation-linked diseases like obesity-related metabolic disorders or musculoskeletal disorders (like back and neck pain). (6) Researchers always want more research to definitively recommend dosages and formulations. In the meantime, we can have a conversation about how turmeric’s addition to your nutrition plan may positively influence your pain relief and healing.

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