Drug Combinations for Richmond Back Pain and Sciatica Not Effective
How great it would be to take a pill – or maybe better: a combination of pills! - and have your Richmond back pain or neck pain disappear immediately? You aren’t alone! Johnson Chiropractic can empathize. Pain disrupts our lives. Back pain prevents many Richmond back pain sufferers from working and from playing and from doing activities of daily living that must be done (dressing, cooking, walking, doing laundry, etc.). When back pain affects you or someone close to you, come to Johnson Chiropractic for relief and chiropractic advice about how to manage it without drugs when or if drugs are not doing what you need or are not in your treatment plan.
NOT CLEARLY SUPPORTED: DRUG COMBINATIONS
Incorporating drugs in the treatment plan may be successful for some back pain sufferers and not others. Pills may deliver relief for some hours, days, weeks, months or not at all. A new Cochrane Review, one of the most highly respected medical review systems in the world, reported that a drug combination, though may be better for more pain relief, for low back pain and sciatica is not supported. There is no clear evidence, as a matter of fact there is a shortage of studies and overall low quality of evidence, that supports drug combinations for low back pain and sciatica. Additionally, the risk of adverse effects is lower with single drug therapy over combined. (1) Have you had a let-down from prescribed medications for your back pain? It is fine. Johnson Chiropractic works with back pain patients like you.
RECOMMENDED: SPINAL MANIPULATION
Johnson Chiropractic’s use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which incorporates a specialized type of spinal manipulation has assisted countless Richmond back pain sufferers get back pain relief. Spinal manipulation is advocated as first line treatment of back pain by the American College of Physicians and the American Board of Family Physicians. (2) Cox® Technic has demonstrated in federally funded spinal research studies to reduce intradiscal pressures, widen the intervertebral canal area, and improve disc height. (3,4) Clinical studies regarding Cox® Technic have shown that back pain relief comes in 29 days and 12 visits. Of course, more severe disc herniations and spinal stenosis may take more time than these averages, but relief comes. (5) For many back pain sufferers, 50% relief would be most welcome. What about you?
RESEARCH SUPPORTED: CHONDROITIN SULFATE, TURMERIC AND CURCUMIN
To boost the relief and help our Richmond back pain patients, Johnson Chiropractic incorporated supplements into the Richmond chiropractic treatment plan. Natural substances like spinal disc-supporting chondroitin sulfate – shown to have “genuine anti-inflammatory properties (6) - and back pain-relieving turmeric and curcumin are helpful in the short-term as well as long term. Johnson Chiropractic is ready to help you discover the right combination of treatment approaches to decrease your back pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dan Shuman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his pain relieving treatment using Cox® Technic for a patient suffering with sciatic leg pain.
Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment at Johnson Chiropractic soon. Together, we will find the right combination to maximize your Richmond back pain relief. It is not a pill combination, but it’s gentle and effective chiropractic care.
