Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care approaches 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 Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic embrace that role. Your Oxford chiropractor helps Oxford back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (including a discussion about prognosis), 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 pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults got chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written 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. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? They received opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your Oxford chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Oxford chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Satterwhite Chiropractic, too. Our Oxford chiropractic patients see the back pain specialists at Satterwhite Chiropractic as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Further, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to consult a chiropractor in the last 12 months. 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 Oxford chiropractor is excited to combine care! Satterwhite Chiropractic is ready to work as a team with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Oxford chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the latest back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our shared Oxford back pain patient or neck pain patient.
