January 2020 Healthy News from Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation: Chiropractic for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Pain Relief and Glucosamine for Back and Joint Cartilage

For many Tonawanda back pain patients, back surgery appears like it is the answer…until it’s not. Statistics state that upwards of 50% of patients who choose back surgery have the same or worse pain at some point in the future...12 months later, 10 years, etc. (1,2,3) What’s next? Another surgery? For some Tonawanda failed back surgical syndrome (FBSS) patients, yes. For other FBSS patients, no. Occasionally a second surgery is by necessity, sometimes by choice. There’re other choices though. Even spine surgeons are searching for the next step for such patients. The multidisciplinary approach is highly respected to make post-surgical continued pain (PSCP) care more uniform among surgical practices and enhance patient outcomes. Researchers are just now working to figure out what the “uniform care” should be. (4) Other researchers concede that evidence is weak for the use of medications and reoperations to contend with FBSS patients. Active exercise has solid evidence. For some of the worst FBSS chronic pain patients, spinal cord stimulators are used. (5) Chronic back pain patients who are proactive in dealing with their pain by exercising and trying other self-care coping approaches offered by their chiropractors - like your Tonawanda chiropractor may do – find they cope with their pain better. (6) A particular study of 69 post-surgical continued pain patients (aka FBSS) treated with the chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management revealed that 81% of FBSS/PSCP patients receiving a mean of 11 treatment visits over a 49 day period of active care reported greater than 50% pain relief at the end of 3 months’ active care. At 24 months, only 16% had another surgery while 82% reported pain relief of more than 50%. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation is a feasible, evidence-based option before back surgery (and recommended prior to back surgery by organizations like the American Pain Society and the American College of Family Physicians (11)) and after back surgery. Your Tonawanda chiropractor has just the treatment plan to relieve and control your and a loved one’s back pain. Set up an appointment today!

Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses treatment of post-surgical continued pain/failed back surgical syndrome patients using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. There is hope!

Glucosamine sulfate benefits cartilage and joints found all over the body like the spine and knee. It is physiologically part of the body. Glucosamine sulfate stops the destruction of cartilage and decreases symptoms of osteoarthritis. It slows destruction of cartilage by halting the enzymes that do that. It prevents damage of corticosteroids on chondrocytes and NSAIDS on glycosaminoglycan synthesis required for cartilage health. It is even written to be a “stimulator of tissue regeneration.” (8) For those suffering with osteoarthritis – the most common joint disease and common cause of joint pain, functional loss and disability – taking glucosamine alongside NSAID treatment like meloxicam inhibited the inflammatory issue accompanying osteoarthritis by reducing the levels of interleukin 1ß. (9) Glucosamine sulfate taken orally decreased lower back pain as effectively as NSAIDs and did not raise glucose levels out of their normal limit. (10) Let us talk about how glucosamine sulfate may help you manage your Tonawanda back pain and joint pain.

CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation

Schedule your next Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation. Tonawanda back pain whether it’s been surgically managed or not is welcome at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation where chiropractic care with spinal manipulation and glucosamine help sufferers get relief and a sense of control.

May 2020 be your year of back pain relief solutions with Tonawanda chiropractic care at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation!