Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other McHenry folks? Let
us look at where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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) Is that news to you? Probably as it takes numerous years for such innovative,
proven models to trickle down to general
knowledge. Some people (not our
McHenry chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic certainly
is the McHenry back pain specialist!
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our McHenry chiropractic office,
especially the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the need for 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 increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period 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 McHenry neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
similar study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described 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 proposed to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing 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 used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were quite a bit younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more apt
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation helps back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a McHenry chiropractic appointment with
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your McHenry chiropractor, a true
McHenry back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of McHenry spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.