YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Reduce Pain, Decrease Opioid Prescription
Fills, Improve Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on care appreciated
by clients for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is organized for the inclusion
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was found beneficial. There was a significant difference in the results
of usual medical care versus usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in higher quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who utilized chiropractic care
were at significantly lower risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a novel role to deal with
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was offered,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Integrating such care into the
healthcare system is meant to improve
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are common in spine care. (3) Your McHenry
chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic understands the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of working with other healthcare
practitioners to deliver the pain relief we all want
for you! Your McHenry chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details
back pain relieving care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that prompted
a patient to decrease her intake of pain
medication as she felt less and less pain.
McHenry CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Combining efforts, be it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is beneficial. In suffering
with and seeking relief of back pain or neck pain, combining
treatment at the office with exercise at home is helpful. The recent
report of such a combination found that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. The patients’ range
of motion got better as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) McHenry back pain and neck pain patients find
further benefit when they are involved in their
care. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here for support!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Schedule your next McHenry
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
work together as a team for pain
relief.
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