Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic

Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A new study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) So true! Chiropractors like your Tonawanda chiropractor at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation accept that role. Your Tonawanda chiropractor helps Tonawanda back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and improve their quality of life.

The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (including a discussion about prognosis), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!

24% of US adults seek chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults sought chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why don’t more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain ended with a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your Tonawanda chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.

But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Tonawanda chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation, too. Our Tonawanda chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation as back and neck pain relief specialists!)  Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to consult a chiropractor in the last year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that the combined care for their spinal pain – medical and chiropractic – was helpful. (1) Your Tonawanda chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as necessary.

Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the latest back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our mutual Tonawanda back pain patient or neck pain patient.