“An apple a day…” Everyone can complete that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Carrolltown 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 lessen
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for good reason! A rat study of the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on decreasing
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization did a better
job of relieving pain. Manipulation was a little quicker
in delivering relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are prominent
treatments at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation also knows
that our Carrolltown chiropractic patients are eager
to receive in-office care but not always as excited to do
their at-home care. They’re not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients said they made their
appointments. That’s the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) made sense, but only 44% of them actually followed through
in doing the at-home care. (2) We know it’s tough to make
time at home, and we will keep doing our best at
every visit to care for your spinal condition…and supportively
remind you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers questioned just how access
to chiropractic affected medical care for older adults with spinal pain. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, less
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers likened this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That’s a
lot of money and suffering. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation makes itself accessible
to our Carrolltown spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients go on to escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is performed
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to require 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. Their risk of treatment escalation was double. (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers
spinal manipulation. Your Carrolltown chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are skilled at doing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Certain dog breeds like boxers tend to develop
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease distinguished by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies from 8 weeks old to one year of age 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) versus the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may beneficially lessen
the probably of young boxers developing spondylosis. (5)
Our Carrolltown furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation
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.
Schedule your Carrolltown
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and lessen your
back pain and risk of back pain!