Spinal manipulation and back pain go hand in hand. Into
whose hands? Chiropractors’, most commonly! A recent report drew
the attention of OrthoIllinois Chiropractic as it details the
current status of spinal manipulation delivery. Your
McHenry chiropractor strives to be the
spinal manipulation healthcare provider, your back pain specialist, in
McHenry.
PROVIDERS OF SPINAL MANIPULATION
Medicare patients are of the older persuasion.
They encounter spine issues like back
pain and neck pain due to spinal stenosis. What is
the first line of treatment suggested? Spinal manipulation.
Which profession historically delivers the majority of
spinal manipulation (SMT) care? Chiropractic. Osteopathy did so more heavily in its beginning professional years. Some massage therapists and
physical therapists do now. Chiropractors are
still most commonly known for their providing spinal manipulation. Medicare sees
it, too. A recent study of the clinicians who use
spinal manipulation tried to find out more about this since spinal
manipulation was a suggested first-line treatment for low
back pain. They uncovered that 97% to 98% of the spinal
manipulation providers were chiropractors. They treated anywhere
from 20 back pain sufferers out of 100,000 population in a state to
260 per 100,000 in another state. Not every location has that
many chiropractors. Other spinal manipulation providers take care of 1 in 100,000 to 8 in 100,000. Spinal manipulation clinicians are desired.
Unfortunately, the number of Medicare-active chiropractors fell
from 47,102 in 2007 to 45,543 in 2015. Other kinds of clinicians
who provide spinal manipulation increased from 700 to
1441. Even though chiropractors are the majority of
spinal manipulation providers to Medicare beneficiaries, the general
supply of them is decreasing while the supply of
non-chiropractors offering spinal manipulation is rising.
(1) Developer of Cox® Technic, Dr. James Cox remembers Dr. Joseph
Janse, president of the National College of Chiropractic for 38 years and organizer
of the Council for Chiropractic Education that founded
federal accreditation for chiropractic, always reminded
the “young doctors” - as he called the chiropractic students
he mentored - “never stop delivering the chiropractic spinal adjustment.”
SPINAL MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES TAUGHT IN CHIROPRACTIC
SCHOOLS
Chiropractic schools strive to incorporate
evidence-based treatment techniques into the teaching curriculum of chiropractors
of the future. A recent survey of faculty at
a chiropractic school discovered that 81% of them were skilled
in diversified technique and 52% in Cox® Technic. Most of the faculty concurred
that diversified (93%), Cox (89%), Thompson (74%), SOT (54%) and Activator
(52%) techniques would be valuable techniques for their future chiropractors to
be taught via elective courses. Nearly all, 96%, of
the survey responders felt preclinical technique
courses were a positive idea. 81% felt elective technique courses were valuable. (2) Surely,
exposure to well-documented and researched techniques in chiropractic school is
important to set up a future chiropractor’s
foundation for a successful clinical practice in terms of easing
the pain of spine pain patients. Basing the choice of which
techniques to teach on those that have
the best evidence behind them is key. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic welcomes
all the research documentation – biomechanical and clinical – behind the Cox®
Technic delivered in this McHenry chiropractic clinic.
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Katrina Wieland on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as she illustrates how the Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped reduce low back pain for this military veteran.
Schedule your next McHenry
chiropractic appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic now. Entrust
your back pain and neck pain into the hands of your chiropractor at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic who performs spinal manipulation every day, keeps
track of the research and protocols for safe, gentle, and pain alleviating
treatment based on research evidence. We look forward to seeing you!