April 2020 Healthy News from OrthoIllinois Chiropractic

McHenry chiropractic care at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is well-equipped for the pandemic of low back pain.

THE PANDEMIC OF LOW BACK PAIN

Here’s a pandemic chiropractic is built for: low back pain! A new report in Healthcare journal shares that “Low back pain is a pandemic and costly musculoskeletal condition in the United States.” This study considered the cost-effectiveness of chiropractic and physical therapy for low back pain. Curiously, their up-coming study is set to reveal if they decrease the need for more costly health services like surgery, injections, and ER visits. For now, though, they discovered that the total average cost was $48.56 lower for chiropractic care than PT and the daily adjusted life years was 0.0043 greater for chiropractic than PT patients. They concluded that chiropractic was shown to be a cost-effective way to help adults with at least 3 weeks of low back pain over 6 months. (1) Come to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to find out for yourself! Bring your McHenry low back pain to OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Chiropractic care and your McHenry chiropractor are prepared to fight and conquer the pandemic of low back pain.

McHenry diabetic patients with neuropathy may benefit from checking their B vitamin deficiency.

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B Vitamins for Diabetic Neuropathy

Chronic diabetic neuropathic pain is challenging. Inflammation plays a part. Spinal proinflammatory cytokines play a role. A new study using rats demonstrated that B vitamins not only suppress but significantly subdue this pain by suppressing the proinflammatory cytokines. (2) Unfortunately, vitamin B12 deficiency is very common among type II diabetic patients who are prescribed metformin, a common diabetic drug. (3) Researchers found associations of anemia and neuropathy with metformin use in diabetic patients. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic urges our diabetic patients are encouraged to test their vitamin B levels! B vitamins are quite important for health!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares research on how the immune system works as well as how spinal manipulation affects neuropathic pain pathways.

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Schedule your next McHenry chiropractic appointment now with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic for your low back pain, neuropathy and spinal health! We are looking forward to seeing you soon!