Spine Care with Richmond Chiropractic is Beneficial

November 07, 2017

Spine pain. Back pain. Neck pain. Richmond chiropractic care at Johnson Chiropractic relieves pain. Your Richmond chiropractor truly likes being the spine specialist, the back pain specialist, and would embrace the role of being the Richmond primary spine practitioner for Richmond back pain and neck pain sufferers. Your Richmond chiropractor is confident in the growing-in-popularity chiropractic care protocols offered at Johnson Chiropractic to reduce spine pain.

YOUR Richmond CHIROPRACTOR IS PREPARED TO HELP

Certainly, your Richmond chiropractor is well able and appreciates the opportunity to be the primary spine practitioner as described in a recent spine research paper. The primary spine practitioner would be expected to be adept in diagnosis and treatment as well as conservative management of spine pain plus coordinating and communicating appropriately with fellow healthcare providers as needed. (1) That’s the chiropractor, your Richmond chiropractor! Many US adults already think of chiropractic as safe and effective for back pain and neck pain relief. (1) Richmond chiropractic patients know this!

POPULARITY OF CHIROPRACTIC IN COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Chiropractic grows in popularity among healthcare users including those in Richmond. Back pain management systems that incorporate care coordination between a primary care provider and a chiropractor resulted in low back pain and disability improvement. Patients obtaining chiropractic care in these healthcare structures stated significantly better improvement, overall health and quality of life as well as satisfaction with care compared to a primary care management system only. (2) Chiropractic care was the highest utilized form of treatment in a Center for Complementary Medicine in an integrated healthcare system, being utilized by approximately 67% of patients with acupuncture (18%) and massage (15%) next in use. Patients sought care for spine pain mostly and 59% consulted with their medical physician first, 59% had not tried complementary medicine options before, and 60% had used medications. More than 33% of patients referred themselves for this type of care. (3) Many Richmond chiropractic patients do the same.

Richmond CHIROPRACTIC at Johnson Chiropractic REDUCES INCIDENCE OF DISC HERNIATION

Clinicians are certain that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy reduces the incidence of acute lumbar disc herniation by about 60%. Chiropractors are most optimistic in their belief that chiropractic spinal manipulation helps decrease the chance of lumbar disc herniation; spine surgeons were more pessimistic. (4) Chiropractors’ confidence is reasonable as a new study shows that there is no higher a risk of lumbar disc herniation with chiropractic care than with primary medical care. Patients seek care from both types of providers before acute lumbar disc herniation arose resulting in a surgery. (5) Richmond back pain patients are invited to turn to Johnson Chiropractic to prevent such occurrences!

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Listen in to this PODCAST of a patient’s experience with chiropractic care that had a big influence in his struggle with a disc herniation and prevented a back surgery!

Schedule your Richmond chiropractic appointment to experience relief in the hands of your Richmond chiropractor whose confidence is not groundless in the scope of spine pain, back pain and neck pain relief!