“An apple a day…” Everyone can finish that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for West Des Moines back pain
and neck pain sufferers is said to do the same. Access
just needs to be as easy as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and lessen
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-explained chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a staple treatment at
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on reducing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) showed
that manipulation and mobilization did a better
job of relieving pain. Manipulation was a little quicker
in providing relief and easing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are leading
treatments at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Executive Chiropractic of Iowa also understands
that our West Des Moines chiropractic patients are motivated
to receive in-office care but not always as eager to do
their at-home care. They’re not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That’s 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 will keep doing our best at
every visit to treat your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic influenced medical care for older adults with spinal pain. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, less
access to chiropractic care expanded 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’s a
lot of money and suffering. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa makes itself accessible
to our West Des Moines spine pain sufferers! Additionally, 42%
of neck pain patients experience escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
managed with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is done
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to require escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who pursued
other types of care did. Their risk of treatment escalation was double. (4) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa delivers
spinal manipulation. Your West Des Moines chiropractor is skilled
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at performing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers tend 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) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This suggests that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may successfully lessen
the probably of young boxers developing spondylosis. (5)
Our West Des Moines furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
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.
Schedule your West Des Moines
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!