Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other New Roads folks? Let’s start with where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
New Roads Chiropractic Center
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? Not likely as it takes many years for such up-to-date,
proven concepts to trickle down to common
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
New Roads chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when in fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your New Roads chiropractor at New Roads Chiropractic Center certainly
is the New Roads back pain specialist!
New Roads Chiropractic Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our New Roads chiropractic office,
particularly the painful cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and escape
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports state
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do receive 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 best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a New Roads neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at New Roads Chiropractic Center is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing
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 described 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 proposed 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 in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
New Roads Chiropractic Center has vast success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. New Roads Chiropractic Center uses
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 report of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used 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 more probable
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more likely
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 New Roads Chiropractic Center
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have struggled with back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a New Roads chiropractic appointment with
New Roads Chiropractic Center as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your New Roads chiropractor, a true
New Roads back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of New Roads spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.