YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Reduce Opioid Prescription
Fills, Improve Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on care valued
by many for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is organized for the integration
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was documented
as being beneficial. There was a significant difference in the outcomes
of usual medical care compared with usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who used chiropractic care
were at significantly lower risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a new role to manage
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was offered,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Incorporating such care into the
healthcare system is meant to improve
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are familiar in spine care. (3) Your West Des Moines
chiropractor at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of working with other healthcare
practitioners to deliver the pain relief we all want
for you! Your West Des Moines chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
back pain relieving care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that triggered
a patient to decrease her consumption of pain
medication as she felt less and less pain.
West Des Moines CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Blending efforts, whether it is it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is beneficial. In dealing with back pain or neck pain, combining
treatment at the office with exercise at home is beneficial. The recent
report of such a combination found that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. The patients’ range
of motion improved as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients report
further benefit when they are active in their
care. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is here for support!
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Make your next West Des Moines
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
are a team working together toward pain
relief.
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