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Millville Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain appears. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain leaves for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its trajectory, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are out there. Wilson Family Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Millville back pain and neck pain that satisfies!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most aggravating. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the odds. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more likely to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Millville back pain sufferers deliberating where to go for their back pain: Wilson Family Chiropractic!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, initial episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in this setting was reported as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. In 2016, researchers reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Millville back pain sufferers who visit Wilson Family Chiropractic find other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.

RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS

The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether the recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed the recommended care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Wilson Family Chiropractic deliveres safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.

Make your Millville chiropractic appointment soon. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Wilson Family Chiropractic.

Wilson Family Chiropractic provides recommended spinal manipulation which may help reduce the need for benzodiazepines. 
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