Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Ashburn folks? Let’s look at where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
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) Have
you heard that before? Probably not as it is
known to take many years for such innovative,
proven models to filter to common
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Ashburn chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Ashburn chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn certainly
is the Ashburn back pain specialist!
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Ashburn chiropractic practice,
particularly the painful cases! For instance, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the necessity of reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people get 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 consider a minimum period 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 Ashburn neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported 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 proposed 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
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how 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 revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had visited at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were quite a bit younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more apt
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Ashburn chiropractic appointment with
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Ashburn chiropractor, a true
Ashburn back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Ashburn spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.