Ashburn and Herndon Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain appears. 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 relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is tenacious. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Ashburn and Herndon back pain and neck pain that satisfies!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most aggravating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They asked how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a bit as the back pain lingered: 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 risk. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Ashburn and Herndon back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn!
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 this setting was documented as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 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 a variety of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Ashburn and Herndon back pain sufferers who visit Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn discover other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.
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 showed some interesting 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 type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor recommended 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) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn deliveres 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 describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn.
