Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Carrolltown folks? Let
us start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
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) Is that news to you? Likely as it requires numerous years for such innovative,
proven concepts to trickle down to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Carrolltown chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation surely
is the Carrolltown back pain specialist!
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Carrolltown chiropractic practice,
especially the more difficult cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to 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
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Carrolltown neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation 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 causing
the condition termed stenosis. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
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 require 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
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation has considerable success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation employs
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates 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 study 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 seeking such care were significantly younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more prone
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
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 experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Carrolltown chiropractor, a true
Carrolltown back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Carrolltown spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.