Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care emphasize non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who delivers 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) Yes! Chiropractors like your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic embrace that role. Your McHenry chiropractor helps McHenry back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and enhance their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment for recent onset back and/or leg pain recommends patient education (incorporating a talk about treatment outcome), 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 out chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults received chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written 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 frustrated! “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. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these patients with low back pain and leg pain 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 McHenry chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your McHenry chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for OrthoIllinois Chiropractic, too. Our McHenry chiropractic patients view us as the McHenry back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to consult a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also received 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 having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your McHenry chiropractor is excited to combine care! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician whenever possible.
Schedule your McHenry chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our mutual McHenry back pain patient or neck pain patient.
