Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Tonawanda folks? Let
us look at where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Did you know that? Not likely as it takes many years for such innovative,
proven models to filter to common
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Tonawanda chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Tonawanda chiropractor at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation surely
is the Tonawanda back pain specialist!
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Tonawanda chiropractic office,
especially the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Tonawanda neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is an option for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not need surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation has vast success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation employs
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A study of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were significantly younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were much more likely
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Tonawanda chiropractic appointment with
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Tonawanda chiropractor, a true
Tonawanda back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Tonawanda spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.