“An apple a day…” Everyone can complete that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Groton back pain
and neck pain sufferers is said to do the same. Access
needs to be just as simple as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation ease pain and diminish
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs benefited
from veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a staple treatment at
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office with good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on decreasing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) showed
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a bit quicker
in providing relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are leading
treatments at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to our office!
Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office also knows
that our Groton chiropractic patients are excited
to receive in-office care but not always as motivated to do
their at-home care. They are not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients said they made their
appointments. That is the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually did the at-home care. (2) We know it’s tough to make
time at home, and we will continue doing our best at
every visit to manage your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers questioned just how access
to chiropractic influenced medical care for older adults with spinal pain. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers equated this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and suffering. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office makes itself accessible
to our Groton spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients experience escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
managed with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to experience escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients went
on to escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers
spinal manipulation. Your Groton chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at performing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Certain dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to develop
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease noted by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies aged 8 weeks
to one year compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic monthly to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At a year old, the treated
puppies had spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) than the the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This suggests that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may beneficially lessen
the probably of young boxers getting spondylosis. (5)
Our Groton furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
ease back pain in
elderly patients.
Set up your Groton
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and ease your
back pain and risk of back pain!