See Executive Chiropractic of Iowa First for Chronic Low Back Pain

When back pain arises (and/or has turned into chronic low back pain) so too does the matter of which healthcare provider to see. It is a valid question! Research states  that the first healthcare provider establishes the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain episode. A new study stated that first-provider chiropractic care was less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa provides individualized treatment plans for West Des Moines back pain relief and prevention.

CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors

Even though chronic low back pain is so common in older adults, research just hasn’t defined what contributes to it or to its prevention. One analysis of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults exposed an extensive list of issues that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having fallen, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational issues like having a job for longer than 10 years that necessitated bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa, and our patients would like to know more definitively what induces chronic low back pain! Even more wanted is direction on how to handle it.

REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE

A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals affected the care of back pain. The participants were queried as to their referrals for particular complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies (meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians said they advocated these approaches when patients asked for them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as justification for suggesting such approaches. (2) An additional concerning factor for female back pain sufferers is that they are consistently noted as having greater levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always of concern in our older patients. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is always prepared to share the benefits – recognized by patients and documented by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare physicians and spine pain patients.

CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP

Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients surfaced this past month emphasizing how important the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.), opioid prescribing, and cost were greater when consulting certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Seeing which provider first was the least expensive without any detrimental effect on diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, West Des Moines chiropractic care makes sense.

CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the good outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had consulted other healthcare professionals.               

Schedule your West Des Moines chiropractic appointment now. The question of which healthcare provider to consult comes up, remember your West Des Moines chiropractor!

West Des Moines chiropractic care like that delivered at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is shown to result in less cost.  
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