YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Decrease Opioid Prescription
Fills, Improve Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on treatment valued
by many for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is structured for the inclusion
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was documented
as being beneficial. There was a significant difference in the outcomes
of usual medical care compared with usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who used chiropractic care
were at significantly reduced risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a new role to deal with
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was proposed,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Incorporating such care into the
healthcare system is intended to improve
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are common in spine care. (3) Your Richmond
chiropractor at Johnson Chiropractic knows the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of collaborating with other healthcare
practitioners to deliver the pain relief we all desire
for you! Your Richmond chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details
relieving treatment of back pain with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that triggered
a patient to lessen her consumption of pain
medication as she experienced less and less pain.
Richmond CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Blending efforts, be it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is helpful. In looking for relief of back pain or neck pain, combining
treatment at the office with exercise at home is beneficial. The recent
report of such a combination stated that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. Their range
of motion got better as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) Richmond back pain and neck pain patients report
further benefit when they are active in their
care. Johnson Chiropractic is here for support!
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Make your next Richmond
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Johnson Chiropractic
are a team working together toward pain
relief.
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