Satterwhite Chiropractic Respects the Painful Spine with Evidence-Based Care
The spine merits respect. Satterwhite Chiropractic respects all Oxford spines, those healthy and those hurting. When the spine hurts, it gets attention. The attention the hurting spine gets isn’t always respectful of the guidelines for its pain relief. That fact is getting notice in the medical research. Evidence based guidelines for a painful spine’s care abound, but they are not always respected. They are published but not always read or implemented. The spine deserves better. Your Oxford chiropractor respects the spine and matches its trouble to the best evidence-based protocol for its relief which is frequently non-surgical and non-drug.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND APPROACHES
What is recommended and/or beneficial for spine pain often provided even in Oxford? The American Pain Society and the American College of Physicians endorse spinal manipulation for low back pain. (1) Flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic) and manual therapy using joint mobilization techniques and flexion distraction is reported to be effective for low back pain relief. (2) Spinal manipulation as a conservative treatment should be attempted by patients with chronic low back pain and disability related to low back pain. (3) Flexion distraction brings clinically meaningful improvement in pain by 79% and disability by 70% at 14.5 months follow-up. (4) Research reports that surgical methods and outcomes differ from place to place for patients with the same condition. It invites standardization of care and the establishment of international guidelines founded on what works best according to such evidence. (5) Satterwhite Chiropractic agrees that published guidelines documenting what is best need to be respected.
CLINICAL REALITY
What is being done? A just released article that reviewed the care of Canadian spine pain patients sent for spine surgery came out and stated that “Surgeons do not use clinical practice guidelines before spine surgery.” What did they do? Prescribed medications to 74.2% of them 46.3% of whom got opioids. 61.1% of patients tried two or less non-surgical forms of treatment. The article proposes that if patients tried evidence-based non-operative treatments before a spine surgery consultation, fewer would be referred and, in Canada, fewer would deteriorate as they have to wait such a long time to get to the surgeon. (6) Lumbar cage fusion rates grew from 3.6% to 58% in 5 years that lead to higher complication risk without any improvement in disability or reoperation rates. (7) Satterwhite Chiropractic delivers Oxford chiropractic spine care with less invasive, more effective means, specifically with the evidence-based protocols of Cox Technic.
MAKE A Oxford CHIROPRACTIC APPOINTMENT
Listen to this PODCAST with medical doctor, Dr. David Moen, who promotes non-surgical care of back pain with chiropractic for less expensive and unnecessary medical care.
Schedule a Oxford chiropractic consultation now with the Oxford spine specialist at Satterwhite Chiropractic where your hurting spine is met with respect and relieving care as evidence says is best.
