“An apple a day…” Everyone can complete that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for McHenry back pain
and neck pain sufferers is reported to do the same. Access
needs to be just as simple as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation ease pain and lessen
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are clearly accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-explained chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic with good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on reducing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a little faster
in providing relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are leading
treatments at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to our office!
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic also knows
that our McHenry chiropractic patients are eager
to receive in-office care but not always as motivated to do
their at-home care. They’re not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That is the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) made sense, but only 44% of them actually followed through
in doing the at-home care. (2) We know it’s tough to make
time at home, and we’ll keep doing our best at
every visit to treat your spinal condition…and supportively
remind you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC REDUCED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic influenced medically-directed spinal pain care
in older adults. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care increased the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers equated this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and suffering. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic makes itself accessible
to our McHenry spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients get escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is performed
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to go
onto escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic offers
spinal manipulation. Your McHenry chiropractor is skilled
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are skilled at performing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to acquire
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease distinguished by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies from 8 weeks old to one year of age compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic monthly to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At a year old, the treated
puppies had spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) versus the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This suggests that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may successfully reduce
the probably of young boxers developing spondylosis. (5)
Our McHenry furry companions benefit with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
ease back pain in
elderly patients.
Set up your McHenry
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and ease your
back pain and risk of back pain!