Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Respects the Painful Spine with Evidence-Based Care
The spine merits respect. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka respects all Sitka spines, those in good shape and those in not so good shape. When the spine hurts, it demands attention. The attention the hurting spine gets isn’t always respectful of the guidelines for its pain relief. That fact is getting notice in the medical research. Evidence based guidelines for a painful spine’s care abound, but they are not always used. They are published but not always read or implemented. The spine deserves better. Your Sitka chiropractor respects the spine and complements its trouble to the best evidence-based protocol for its relief which is frequently non-surgical and non-drug.
CLINICAL GUIDELINES AND APPROACHES
What is recommended and/or beneficial for spine pain often delivered even in Sitka? The American Pain Society and the American College of Physicians recommend spinal manipulation for low back pain. (1) Flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic) and manual therapy using joint mobilization techniques and flexion distraction is written to be effective for low back pain relief. (2) Spinal manipulation as a conservative treatment should be undertaken by patients with chronic low back pain and disability related to low back pain. (3) Flexion distraction provides clinically significant improvement in pain by 79% and disability by 70% at 14.5 months follow-up. (4) Research notes that surgical methods and outcomes differ from place to place for patients with the same condition. It beckons standardization of care and the establishment of international guidelines based about what works best according to such evidence. (5) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka agrees that published guidelines showing what is best need to be respected.
CLINICAL REALITY
What is really going on? A just published article that reviewed the care of Canadian spine pain patients referred for spine surgery bluntly wrote that “Surgeons do not use clinical practice guidelines before spine surgery.” What did they do? Prescribed medications to 74.2% of them 46.3% of whom got opioids. 61.1% of patients tried two or fewer non-surgical forms of treatment. The article proposes that if patients tried evidence-based non-operative treatments before a spine surgery consultation, fewer would be referred and, in Canada, fewer would get worse as they have to wait such a long time to see the surgeon. (6) Lumbar cage fusion rates grew from 3.6% to 58% in 5 years that resulted in higher complication risk without any improvement in disability or reoperation rates. (7) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka delivers Sitka chiropractic spine care with less invasive, more effective means, particularly with the evidence-based protocols of Cox Technic.
MAKE A Sitka CHIROPRACTIC APPOINTMENT
Listen to this PODCAST with medical doctor, Dr. David Moen, who supports non-surgical care of back pain with chiropractic for less costly and unnecessary medical care.
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic consultation today with the Sitka spine specialist at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka where your hurting spine is seen with respect and relieving care as evidence reports as being best.
