See Hollstrom & Associates Inc First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain arises (and/or has turned into chronic low back pain) so too does the question of which healthcare provider to consult. It’s a valid question! Research maintains that the first healthcare provider sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain flare-up. A new study stated that first-provider chiropractic care was less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Hollstrom & Associates Inc delivers individualized treatment plans for Largo back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Even though chronic low back pain is so common in older adults, research just hasn’t noted clearly what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults uncovered an extensive list of issues that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having had falls in the past, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational issues like having a job for more than 10 years that demanded bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Hollstrom & Associates Inc, and our patients would like to know more conclusively what affects chronic low back pain! Even more desired is guidance on what to do about it.
REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals affected the care of back pain. The participants were queried as to their referrals for certain complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies (meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians stated they advocated these approaches when patients asked for them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as justification for recommending such approaches. (2) An additional troubling factor for female back pain patients is that they are consistently noted as having greater levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always of concern in our older patients. Hollstrom & Associates Inc is always prepared to share the benefits – perceived by patients and documented by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare professionals and spine pain sufferers.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients surfaced this past month emphasizing how influential the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.), opioid prescribing, and cost were greater when seeing certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Consulting which provider first resulted in the least expense without any delay in diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, Largo chiropractic care makes sense.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the good outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had seen other healthcare providers.
Make your Largo chiropractic appointment now. The question of which healthcare provider to see arises, think of your Largo chiropractor!
