Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Pensacola folks? Let’s look at where it fits in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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) Did you know that? Not likely as it is
known to take numerous years for such innovative,
proven concepts to filter to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Pensacola chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Pensacola chiropractor at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center surely
is the Pensacola back pain specialist!
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Pensacola chiropractic office,
especially the painful cases! For
example, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum time 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 Pensacola neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is an option for pain relief. Another
similar study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, 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 worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended 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 require surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center has vast success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center employs
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing 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 study of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more prone
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have struggled with back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Pensacola chiropractic appointment with
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Pensacola chiropractor, a true
Pensacola back pain specialist - are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Pensacola spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.