West Des Moines Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain comes. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a quick fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are out there. 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 – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is many times the most aggravating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were generally prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone 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 this setting was documented as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care part from the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) West Des Moines back pain sufferers who come to Executive Chiropractic of Iowa discover 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 type 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 recommended 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 advised. 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 describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment today. 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.

Executive Chiropractic of Iowa delivers recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines. 
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