New York City Chiropractic Patients Use Chiropractic for Spine Care
Where does chiropractic medicine fit in your life, in the lives of other New York City folks? Let’s start with where it is in the lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at Rosenberg 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 is known to take many years for such new, proven concepts to trickle down to general knowledge. Some people (not our New York City chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors are quacks when actually chiropractors are non-surgical back spine specialists. Your New York City chiropractor at Rosenberg Wellness Center surely is the New York City back pain specialist!
Rosenberg Wellness Center welcomes back pain, neck pain and spine pain patients to our New York City chiropractic practice, particularly the more difficult cases! For instance, patients who experience recurrent lumbar disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid the need for reoperation. (3) Reports state 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 rising. A majority of neurosurgeons think that 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 can such a New York City neck pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Rosenberg Wellness Center is an option for pain relief. Another similar study reported 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. 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 worthy 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 need 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 Rosenberg Wellness Center has considerable success in relieving low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Rosenberg 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 showed that 500 (74.2%) patients had received care from at least one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist, yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing this form of care were significantly younger and more probable to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more likely to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
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Listen to a PODCAST 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 New York City chiropractic appointment with Rosenberg Wellness Center as you come to realize that chiropractors - like your New York City chiropractor, a true New York City back pain specialist – are appropriate for the non-surgical treatment of New York City spine pain and disability. Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte, as first line treatment for spine pain.
