Why do patients opt for back surgery? Pain. What conditions
do they suffer with most that leads them to
back surgery? Spinal stenosis. Spondylolisthesis. What symptoms do they want to
get rid of? Butt pain. Leg pain. Back pain. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is here
as your first stop to avoid back surgery or, for some, the last stop. For many back-related-pain
patients, Pensacola chiropractic care does the trick and averts back surgery.
BACK PAIN SYMPTOMS
Back pain patients report all sorts
of painful and irritating symptoms: leg pain, numb toe(s), painful thighs, gluteal
pain. (The adage that something is a “pain in the butt” is a literal
portrayal of some back pain patients’ pain! It
is a more radicular source than degenerative change of facet
joints. (1)) And lumbar spinal stenosis is the most usual reason
for back surgery for US adults. A study of stenosis patients who have withstood at least 3
years of suffering revealed that manual therapy and
individualized exercise helped the most patients get
more than 30% improvement in symptoms and 20% in function. (2) Our
use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management seeks at
least 50% relief in 30 days with lots of patients getting
60%, 70%, 80% and 90% sooner than that! Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center recognizes
that there are Pensacola back pain sufferers who would celebrate with non-surgical relief like that!
BACK SURGERY: NECESSITY, COST AND IMAGING
Just how many back-pain patients with spinal
stenosis or spondylolisthesis need surgery? 0.8%. This comes
from a study of 497,822 patients! The surgeon authors of
this paper recommended doing decompression surgery without or
with fusion earlier to lower the expense
of non-operative treatment. (3) Oh my! The cost of a fusion in
2006 was $40,000 (4) and $80,000 to $100,000 in 2013, making back pain the leading
cause of disability in the world ahead of 290 other
conditions. (5) [Chiropractic is reported to be just 2.9% of the expense
of back pain management. (6)] Over-imaging has added expense to back pain management: 1 in 4 (25%) of patients who
go to a primary care doctors and 1 in 3 (33%) who go to the emergency room received
imaging. (7) And how does imaging enhance patient
care and clinical outcome? Interesting question. There is no
correlation between MRI findings for stenosis and the severity of pain, quality
of life, depression or anxiety. (8, 9) What does enhance patient
care and clinical outcome? Collaboration between physicians - surgical and
non-surgical spine experts - helps chronic back pain patients recover
in terms of pain as well as socially and mentally. (10) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center welcomes
such collaboration with you and your healthcare team! Your feeling better is our goal!
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to this PODCAST
by Dr. Kurt Olding on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. Dr. Olding discusses
lumbar spinal stenosis care with Cox® Technic that let a
woman continue living life her way!
Schedule a non-surgical Pensacola chiropractic care
appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center today. Physical, mental and emotional pain
relief may be relieved and back surgery avoided with
gentle, safe chiropractic care at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center where patient care is based on the patient not the MRI!