West Des Moines Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain appears. Back pain lingers sporadically. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of West Des Moines back pain and neck pain that satisfies!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most aggravating. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They asked how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did go up a bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the odds. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the odds of a prescription for and influenced the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more apt to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for West Des Moines back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Executive Chiropractic of Iowa!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ER was reported as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) West Des Moines back pain sufferers who visit Executive Chiropractic of Iowa find other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed revealed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa.
