Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Oxford folks? Let
us look at where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Satterwhite 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) Have
you heard that before? Not likely because it requires numerous years for such innovative,
proven ideas to filter to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Oxford chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic surely
is the Oxford back pain specialist!
Satterwhite Chiropractic invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Oxford chiropractic office,
particularly the more difficult cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and escape
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports assert
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 growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum duration of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Oxford neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Satterwhite Chiropractic is an option for pain relief. Another
similar study found that no conclusion is known
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 reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described 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 recommended 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 for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Satterwhite Chiropractic has vast success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Satterwhite Chiropractic utilizes
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 used 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 likely
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation helps 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 Oxford chiropractic appointment with
Satterwhite Chiropractic as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Oxford chiropractor, a true
Oxford back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Oxford spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.