Sitka Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain lingers sporadically. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Sitka back pain and neck pain that satisfies!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most annoying. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were generally prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain lingered: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications influenced this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the odds. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and influenced 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 get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Sitka back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in this setting 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 built up the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Sitka back pain sufferers finding their way to Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka 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. Chiropractors make up 97%-98% of the spinal manipulation providers. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed showed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who visited 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 were given 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. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
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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.
Schedule your Sitka chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka.
