Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic

Guidelines for back pain care recommend non-surgical care treatments like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A recent study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Sitka chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka welcome that responsibility. Your Sitka chiropractor assists Sitka back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve their quality of life.

The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started advocates patient education (incorporating a talk about treatment outcome), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!

24% of US adults pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults obtained chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain ended with a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these patients with low back pain and leg pain go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Sitka chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.

But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Sitka chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, too. Our Sitka chiropractic patients see the back pain specialists at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka as back and neck pain relief specialists!)  Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to check in with a chiropractor in the last 12 months. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the same issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Sitka chiropractor is ready to share care! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician whenever possible.

Schedule your Sitka chiropractic appointment today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the most recent back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our mutual Sitka back pain patient or neck pain patient.