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Sitka Chiropractic Patients Use Chiropractic for Spine Care

Where does chiropractic medicine fit in your life, in the lives of other Sitka folks? Let’s start with where it is in the lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka

SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED

Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least 12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Did you know that? Probably not because it requires many years for such innovative, proven models to trickle down to general knowledge. There are even people who (not our Sitka chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Sitka chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka surely is the Sitka back pain specialist!

Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka welcomes back pain, neck pain and spine pain patients to our Sitka chiropractic office, particularly the painful cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape the need for reoperation. (3) Reports state that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)

DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS

The demand for chiropractic spine care is growing. A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Sitka neck pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is an option for pain relief. Another similar study reported that no conclusion is known as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while no side effects were reported for any of the conservative treatment options. (6)

SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE

A second opinion before spine surgery is a good idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic that 58% did not need surgery but rather non-surgical treatment. Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed for 28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka has vast success in treating low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka utilizes a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)

MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP

A study of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist, yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing this form of care were significantly younger and tended to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare consumers were much more liable to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)

CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka

Listen to a PODCAST about how Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients who have had back pain for a long time, and patients with low back and leg pain (sciatica).

Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka as you grow in the realization that chiropractors - like your Sitka chiropractor, a true Sitka back pain specialist – are appropriate for the non-surgical treatment of Sitka spine pain and disability. Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte, as first line treatment for spine pain.

Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka offers chiropractic spinal manipulation as recommended for spine pain relief and appreciated by Sitka chiropractic patients. 
 
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