See Rosenberg Wellness Center First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain arises (and/or has turned into chronic low back pain) so too does the concern of which healthcare provider to consult. It is a valid question! Research maintains that the first healthcare provider establishes the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain bout. A new study stated that first-provider chiropractic care endedup being less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Rosenberg Wellness Center delivers individualized treatment plans for New York City back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Despite the fact that chronic low back pain is notably common in older adults, research just hasn’t defined what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults exposed an extensive list of factors that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having fallen, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational requirements like having a job for longer than 10 years that necessitated bending/lifting, etc.) and issues that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Rosenberg Wellness Center, and our patients would like to know more conclusively what influences chronic low back pain! Even more desired is direction on how to manage it.
REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals affected the care of back pain. The participants were questioned as to their referrals for particular complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies (meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians stated they recommended these approaches when patients asked for them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as rationale for suggesting such approaches. (2) An additional troubling factor for female back pain patients is that they are consistently seen as having greater levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always a concern in our older patients. Rosenberg Wellness Center is always prepared to discuss the benefits – perceived by patients and verified by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare physicians and spine pain sufferers.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients appeared this past month emphasizing how influential the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.), opioid prescribing, and cost were higher when consulting certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Seeing which provider first was the least expensive without any delay in diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! With regards to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, New York City chiropractic care makes sense.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the positive outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had consulted other healthcare providers.
Make your New York City chiropractic appointment soon. The question of which healthcare provider to see comes up, think of your New York City chiropractor!
