New York City Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its trajectory, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a fast fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is tenacious. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are available. Rosenberg Wellness Center offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of New York City back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most irritating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did go up a bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more likely to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for New York City back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Rosenberg Wellness Center!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ER was reported as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain built up the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) New York City back pain sufferers who visit Rosenberg Wellness Center find other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Rosenberg Wellness Center provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your New York City chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Rosenberg Wellness Center.
