Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Millville folks? Let’s start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Wilson Family Chiropractic
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 is
known to take many years for such up-to-date,
proven ideas to filter to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Millville chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Millville chiropractor at Wilson Family Chiropractic surely
is the Millville back pain specialist!
Wilson Family Chiropractic welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Millville chiropractic practice,
especially the painful 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 state
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do receive spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum duration of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Millville neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Wilson Family Chiropractic is an option for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported 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 recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not need surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Wilson Family Chiropractic has considerable success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Wilson Family Chiropractic utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting 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 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 going to them were quite a bit younger and more likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more liable
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
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 had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Millville chiropractic appointment with
Wilson Family Chiropractic as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Millville chiropractor, a true
Millville back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Millville spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.