Back pain is not picky. Back pain may
pick any of us at any time whether we’re
stay-at-home people or out-in-the-world workers, active
military folks or veterans. Chiropractic’s
reputation for relieving back pain sufferers persists
and grows in the civilian and veteran/military
care systems. The newer curiosity has been how
much chiropractic care is best for back pain relief.
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic follows this research since
military/veteran back pain resembles our civilian
McHenry back pain!
BACK PAIN INCIDENCE
80% of us will get back pain at some time
in our lives, in our youth, middle years, or old age. 264 million
work days were documented to be lost in one year due
to back pain. (1) McHenry chiropractic care is created
to help all ages! Somewhere between 25 and 33% of older folks in fact
experience low back pain annually. Low back pain for older adults is reported to be debilitating as it often limits their
independence and multiplies the number of doctor visits they
have. A study that merged chiropractic and primary care for their back pain resulted in modest improvements in their disability and back pain and higher patient satisfaction and perceived
improvement over just primary care. (2)
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees these same outcomes for our
McHenry back pain patients! Older patients with chronic low back
pain who also have other medical issues who employed
only chiropractic spinal manipulation for their back pain had reduced
overall costs of care, briefer episodes of back
pain, and lower costs of care per back pain episode. (3) Back
pain relief in a briefer time at less expense…a triple
bonus for McHenry
back pain sufferers!
BACK PAIN CARE WITH CHIROPRACTIC
Like the rest of us, military personnel and veterans
get back pain and experience relief
with chiropractic treatment. Chiropractic is well-integrated into
the VA system for veterans with low back pain and other musculoskeletal
conditions. A recently proposed study of chiropractic care in
Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities for low back pain sets out
to see if low dose (1 to 5 visits) or higher dose (eight to twelve visits) chiropractic care for 10 weeks is optimal
for chronic low back pain relief. (4) (The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management discovered in a study of 1000 back pain
patients that 12 visits and 29 days were the mean number of visits and days to achieve
maximum improvement for such patients. (5))
A similar finding was made when chiropractic care was added to usual medical care for active-duty military personnel who
had low back pain. Moderate short-term improvement in back pain disability
and intensity was documented.
Multidisciplinary care of back pain that involves
chiropractic is suggested to be beneficial. (6) The aim
of McHenry chiropractic for back pain sufferers – civilian and
military alike – is back pain relief. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is prepared to provide
that!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Michael Dupriest on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
his role as a chiropractor in the VA
in care of veterans and their back pain.
Make your next McHenry
chiropractic appointment today. When back pain chooses you, you can
choose OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for relief.
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