Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Largo folks? Let’s start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Hollstrom & Associates Inc
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) Have
you heard that before? Not likely as it takes many years for such innovative,
proven concepts to filter to general
knowledge. There are even people who (not our
Largo chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when in fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Largo chiropractor at Hollstrom & Associates Inc surely
is the Largo back pain specialist!
Hollstrom & Associates Inc welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Largo chiropractic office,
particularly the more difficult cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation are found to respond to non-surgical care and avoid
the need for 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 increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum duration of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the optimal timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What can such a Largo neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Hollstrom & Associates Inc is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is drawn
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 stated 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 sound
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 in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Hollstrom & Associates Inc has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Hollstrom & Associates Inc utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates 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 report of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had received care from at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were significantly younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were much 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 Hollstrom & Associates Inc
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation helps back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Largo chiropractic appointment with
Hollstrom & Associates Inc as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Largo chiropractor, a true
Largo back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Largo spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.