August 2023 Healthy News from Johnson Chiropractic Less Gabapentin Prescription and Pain with Chiropractic Care Back Pain & Hip Flexibility Link
Back pain is challenging. Its sufferers want relief. Would it not be wonderful if a pill would do it?! Many back pain sufferers enter the back pain relief medical system and are prescribed meds first. They take them with hope for relief of pain. (Because this is so customary, we chiropractors recognize that we need to be well-trained to identify patients who may deal with a substance use issue and know how to help if the use is a problem. (1)) Recent research states that the first-choice healthcare provider is an influential factor in patients’ utilization of healthcare services. An assessment of 29,806 patient cases that analyzed utilization of healthcare for the year following the first visit and found that use was lower for those who chose chiropractic first. The highest health care utilization was noted for those who went to the emergency room as their first healthcare visit for back pain relief. (2) Another study noted that for patients under age 50 who are experiencing low back pain, two usual options of care and of care providers are spinal manipulation from a chiropractor and pharmacological prescription of gabapentin from a medical provider. Prescriptions for gabapentin were significantly lower for those who used chiropractic spinal manipulative care than those who underwent usual medical care. (3) Your chiropractor appreciates the value of interdisciplinary care and communicates with healthcare colleagues for the benefit of our back pain patients whenever possible and the value of provider choice with regards to relief and care. Your Richmond chiropractor at Johnson Chiropractic is poised to help our Richmond back pain patients with our effective chiropractic services!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the variety of choices back pain patients in “The Spine Care ‘Supermarket’” and how choosing The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helps manage the pain.
When the hips are tight, the back gets tense, and movement is altered. Remember: Everything is linked! Researchers who evaluated hip rotation range of motion in participants who experienced back pain and those who did not found that those with low back pain had extremely restricted hip lateral rotation range of motion. (4) Luckily, there are methods to improve hip flexibility. One new way is auricular acupressure. What is that? Ask at your next appointment, but it enhanced hip flexibility (and back pain!) in a new study. (5) Another study touted the benefit of core stability exercise and hip muscle stretching as effective at enhancing physical function and activity in non-specific low back pain patients. (6) We can check your hip flexibility out at your next Richmond chiropractic appointment and plan a way to maximize it!
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