Largo Chiropractic Newsletter from Hollstrom & Associates Inc for February 2017
Combined DC/MD Care is Beneficial
Doctors working together benefits patients. Working with a Largo healthcare colleague to help one of our Largo chiropractic patients is always an honor! A new study reports that when family medicine residents and chiropractors cooperatively care for older patients with back pain, everyone benefits. Patients liked it. Both types of doctors liked getting to know each other’s treatment approaches. (1) While another study reveals that multidisciplinary conferences involving many kinds of providers lessen the use of spinal fusion for low back and improve the matching of surgical type to the proper patient type. (2) It is all good! Hollstrom & Associates Inc is ready to help!
When Would Back Surgery Be Appropriate?
It’s found that 88% of cervical radiculopathy patients and 70% of lumbar radiculopathy patients show improvement within 4 weeks of symptom onset. Therefore, optimal timing for surgery for cervical radiculopathy (arm/upper extremity pain) is within 8 weeks of symptom onset though 4 weeks may be considered and between 4 and 8 weeks for lumbar radiculopathy (leg/lower extremity pain). (3) Naturally, Hollstrom & Associates Inc works toward surgery necessity but knows when to refer appropriate patients for surgical care. There are times when it is. Trust Hollstrom & Associates Inc for your back and neck pain care needs.
Healthy Eating!
It’s not just a motto! Healthy eating improves bone mineral density and lowers the risk of osteoporosis. Consuming more fruits and vegetables caused higher bone mineral density and less osteoporosis occurrence in middle-aged and elderly persons with lower body mass indices. And to cheer those Largo chiropractic patients who don’t like veggies as much, fruit seems to contribute more positively than vegetables. (4) Less osteoporosis can potentially mean less back pain later in life, so enjoy some veggies and fruit today!
Back Pain’s Relationship to Vitamin D
Low vitamin D levels for Largo chronic low back pain sufferers isn’t good. The good news is that vitamin D supplementation helps! An better vitamin D level aids to reduce pain intensity and improve function in chronic low back pain patients. (5) Hollstrom & Associates Inc thinks it’s nice that a simple intervention as a nutritional supplement may mean so much for back pain!
Everything is connected! Hollstrom & Associates Inc knows this to be true! Researchers report that tinnitus may be helped when cervical spine disorders are helped. There is a link between the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the auditory pathway and the cervical spine. (6) If tinnitus along with a cervical spine condition bothers you or a friend, let’s see what Hollstrom & Associates Inc can do to help! Largo chiropractic may help.
Obesity Increases Risk of Osteoporosis
When we think about osteoporosis, we used to think of thin people as being the ones at risk. Hollstrom & Associates Inc often thought that. But not now! New research reports that obesity is a big risk factor for osteoporosis since inflammatory cytokines are used by fat to negatively influence bone metabolism. (7) Now, that’s new news. All of us Largo folks – thin and overweight – must be mindful of osteoporosis risk and how to manage it.
If any of these topics affect you or a Largo loved one, make a Largo chiropractic appointment today with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. It’s the first step toward relief!