Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Back pain care guidelines emphasize non-surgical care approaches like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A new study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) So true! Chiropractors like your San Jose chiropractor at Chiropractic Solutions accept that role. Your San Jose chiropractor helps San Jose back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and enhance their quality of life.
The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment for recent onset back and/or leg pain recommends patient education (incorporating a talk about treatment outcome), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!
24% of US adults seek chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults obtained chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are frustrated! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain resulted in a physical therapy referral. If a patient were insured by Medicaid or Medicare, that percent was even lower. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your San Jose chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your San Jose chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Chiropractic Solutions, too. Our San Jose chiropractic patients see us as the San Jose back and neck pain specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to visit a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your San Jose chiropractor is excited to combine care! Chiropractic Solutions is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your San Jose chiropractic visit today. Chiropractic Solutions will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared San Jose back pain patient or neck pain patient.
