Back pain appears. Back pain lingers
occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or
longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain makes
itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to leave.
The hope of a quick relieving pill is strong. The desire
for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical,
drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods
are available. Hollstrom & Associates Inc offers conservative, non-drug,
non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Largo back pain and neck pain
that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is many times the most aggravating.
Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy
and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed.
They questioned how spinal manipulation affected
the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age.
The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were
significantly lower for those undergoing
chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a
bit as the back pain stayed: 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 concluded that
chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly reduced the
odds of a prescription for and influenced the use of
benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started
with the chiropractic manipulation path were more apt to receive
published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is
positive news for Largo back pain sufferers deliberating
where to go for their back pain: Hollstrom & Associates Inc!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary
episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help.
Opioid prescribing in the ED 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 associated
with opioid use. (2) Largo back pain sufferers who
visit Hollstrom & Associates Inc discover other non-drug
care that is recommended for back pain relief.
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 visited 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 recommended
drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care
treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical
therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids,
gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised.
Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68%
for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Hollstrom & Associates Inc provides
safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and
encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your Largo chiropractic
appointment now. Back pain - be it new or
old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in
recommended spinal manipulation care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc.