Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Pflugerville folks? Let
us start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Pflugerville Wellness Center
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Did you know that? Probably not because it takes many years for such innovative,
proven ideas to filter to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Pflugerville chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Pflugerville chiropractor at Pflugerville Wellness Center certainly
is the Pflugerville back pain specialist!
Pflugerville Wellness Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Pflugerville chiropractic practice,
especially the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Pflugerville neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Pflugerville Wellness Center is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a sound
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Pflugerville Wellness Center has substantial success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Pflugerville Wellness Center uses
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A report of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were significantly younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more liable
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Pflugerville chiropractic appointment with
Pflugerville Wellness Center as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Pflugerville chiropractor, a true
Pflugerville back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Pflugerville spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.