Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic
Guidelines for back pain care emphasize non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who delivers non-surgical care? A new study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) So true! Chiropractors like your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre embrace that role. Your Toronto chiropractor helps Toronto back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and improve their quality of life.
The newest guideline for non-surgical treatment of patients whose back pain and/or leg pain just started recommends patient education (incorporating a discussion about prognosis), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!
24% of US adults pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults got chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients get chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines written by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain ended with a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Toronto chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.
But what prompts a visit to a chiropractor like your Toronto chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre, too. Our Toronto chiropractic patients see the back pain specialists at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre as back and neck pain relief specialists!) Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to check in with a chiropractor in the past year. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% reported that having medical and chiropractic care was helpful. (1) Your Toronto chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is ready to cooperate with your primary care physician as necessary.
Schedule your Toronto chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all with you and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the latest back pain care guidelines and better quality of life for you, our shared Toronto back pain patient or neck pain patient.
