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Richmond Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain appears. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a fast fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are out there. Johnson Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Richmond back pain and neck pain that satisfies!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is many times the most annoying. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a bit as the back pain lingered: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more apt to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Richmond back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Johnson Chiropractic!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ER was documented as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) Richmond back pain sufferers who visit Johnson Chiropractic discover other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.

RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS

The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Johnson Chiropractic deliveres safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your Richmond chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Johnson Chiropractic.

Johnson Chiropractic delivers recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines. 
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