Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other San Jose folks? Let’s start with where it fits in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
McMurray Chiropractic Solutions
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) Have
you heard that before? Not likely as it is
known to take many years for such innovative,
proven models to trickle down to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
San Jose chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your San Jose chiropractor at McMurray Chiropractic Solutions certainly
is the San Jose back pain specialist!
McMurray Chiropractic Solutions invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our San Jose chiropractic practice,
particularly the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do receive spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a San Jose neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at McMurray Chiropractic Solutions is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
similar study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs causing
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
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 require surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
McMurray Chiropractic Solutions has considerable success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. McMurray Chiropractic Solutions utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates 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 much more prone
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT McMurray Chiropractic Solutions
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have struggled with back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a San Jose chiropractic appointment with McMurray Chiropractic Solutions as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your San Jose chiropractor, a true
San Jose back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of San Jose spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.