“An apple a day…” Everyone can finish that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Pflugerville back pain
and neck pain sufferers is said to do the same. Access
needs to be just as simple as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and reduce
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Pflugerville Wellness Center offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-explained chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
Pflugerville Wellness Center for good reason! A rat study regarding the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on decreasing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a little faster
in providing relief and easing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are leading
treatments at Pflugerville Wellness Center for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Pflugerville Wellness Center also knows
that our Pflugerville chiropractic patients are eager
to receive in-office care but not always as motivated to do
their at-home care. They are not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That is the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) made sense, but only 44% of them actually followed through
in doing the at-home care. (2) We know it’s tough to make
time at home, and we will keep doing our best at
every visit to care for your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic influenced medical care for older adults with spinal pain. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, less
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers equated this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That’s a
lot of money and suffering. Pflugerville Wellness Center makes itself accessible
to our Pflugerville spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients get escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is performed
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to require escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Pflugerville Wellness Center offers
spinal manipulation. Your Pflugerville chiropractor is experienced
in delivering safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are skilled at doing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to acquire
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease distinguished by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies aged 8 weeks
to one year compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic each month to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At one year of age, the treated
puppies had spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may successfully reduce
the probably of young boxers acquiring spondylosis. (5)
Our Pflugerville furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
reduce back pain in
elderly patients.
Set up your Pflugerville
chiropractic appointment today. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and lessen your
back pain and risk of back pain!