Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Fort Wayne folks? Let’s look at where it fits in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
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? Probably as it takes many years for such new,
proven models to filter to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Fort Wayne chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Fort Wayne chiropractor at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic surely
is the Fort Wayne back pain specialist!
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Fort Wayne chiropractic office,
especially the painful cases! For instance, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and evade
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports assert
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is growing.
A majority of neurosurgeons consider a minimum period 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 Fort Wayne neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. Further, 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 worthy
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 need surgery, the type of surgery was changed for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic has vast success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Aaron Chiropractic Clinic 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 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 seeking such care were significantly younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were much more apt
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
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Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits 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 Fort Wayne chiropractic appointment with
Aaron Chiropractic Clinic as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Fort Wayne chiropractor, a true
Fort Wayne back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Fort Wayne spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.