See Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre 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 professional to consult. It’s a valid question! Research maintains that the first healthcare professional sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain flare-up. A new study shared that first-provider chiropractic care was less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre provides individualized treatment plans for Toronto 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 described what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults exposed 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 requirements like having a job for longer than 10 years that required bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, and our patients would like to know more conclusively what induces 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 questioned 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 said they recommended these approaches when patients asked for them. More female than male physicians related using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as justification for suggesting such approaches. (2) An additional troubling factor for female back pain sufferers is that they are consistently noted as having greater levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always a concern in our older patients. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is always prepared to share the benefits – perceived by patients and verified by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare physicians and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients appeared this past month highlighting 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 higher 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, Toronto 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 describes the positive outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who got relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had seen other healthcare providers.
Make your Toronto chiropractic appointment today. The question of which healthcare provider to consult arises, remember your Toronto chiropractor!
