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 trajectory, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a quick fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is lasting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are available. Johnson Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Richmond back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is many times the most irritating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased 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 get 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 ED was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care part from the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Richmond back pain sufferers finding their way to Johnson Chiropractic discover other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
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. Chiropractors make up 97%-98% of the spinal manipulation providers. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed showed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who visited 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 recommended 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 ranged 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.
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your Richmond chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Johnson Chiropractic.
