CHIROPRACTIC BENEFITS AND COVERAGE
Federally directed insurance coverage for chiropractic care is
more likely to limit chiropractic despite
the benefits chiropractic delivers to recipients. For
example, chiropractic care for Medicare recipients seeking care from
chiropractors for back pain is merely covered for spinal manipulation
despite a lack of evidence showing a
rise in serious risks associated with
chiropractic care of neck or back pain for these Medicare
patients. As a matter of fact,
research has demonstrated that chiropractic care improved
the time of recovery, decreased the number
of back surgeries in a year, lessened opioid-linked
disability, diminished the number of falls and traumatic injuries,
slowed the decline in activities of daily living and disability
over time, and reduced costs and medical doctor visits for
low back pain. (1) Another example is that despite new professional and insurance guidelines for clinical
decision-making regarding back pain care, the Federal Employees Compensation
Act still necessitates x-rays for chiropractic care to be reimbursed
for care. (2) In place of imaging today, other less expensive
and more valuable ways are research-documented to ascertain if spinal manipulation is appropriate. Researchers are
so sophisticated as to be able to predict
which low back pain patients will respond to spinal manipulation as a
nonpharmacologic intervention recommended in clinical care guidelines today and
by how much contingent upon factors like medication and
exercise expectation, pain frequency, height, gender,
extension ability, response to STarT Back Tool questionnaire. (3) The benefits
of chiropractic care continue to grow and to be documented,
just waiting to be recognized by insurers as our McHenry
chiropractic patients already do!. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic provides pain-relieving care despite
the payment system.
McHenry CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
Glucosamine and Chondroitin: Not Just for The Disc Anymore!
Taking glucosamine/chondroitin supplements is ever more described as positive. A new paper explains
that using this combo reduced
overall risk of early death about as efficiently as routine
exercise. (The authors do not recommend not exercising though!) (4) Another review
of 77,510 supplement users found that people who took
glucosamine (alone or with chondroitin) were found to have a
significantly lower risk of death. Further, current users experienced
a significantly lower risk of death from cancer. (5) Even more specifically,
regular use of glucosamine was associated with a significantly
lower risk of total cardiovascular disease issues and death, coronary heart
disease and stroke. (6) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has indeed seen
the beneficial use of glucosamine and chondroitin to care for
degenerative discs associated with back pain
and neck pain. These other benefits just raise the bar for the
benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin. Are you taking yours? Let’s
talk at your next McHenry chiropractic visit!
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