Back
Pain Helped by Accessible Chiropractic Care in Cost and Relief
Back pain and neck pain are often
painful as well as costly and oftentimes complex. Overall health care
spending in the US keeps increasing: $1.4
trillion in 1996 to $3.1 trillion in 2016. It makes up 18% of
the US economy as of 2020. Of the top 154 conditions that insurers pay for
the coverage of,
low back pain and
neck pain were the costliest at $134.5 billion.
(If you’re
curious, #2 was musculoskeletal disorders, and #3 was diabetes care.) (1) In
one study of Medicare expenditures for
chiropractic spine care, researchers found
that $400 to $500 million was spent each year. They also stated
that
higher accessibility to chiropractic reduced the
reliance on primary care services for spine pain
conditions. Further, some financial savings for treatment
of spine pain conditions was seen in the care of ambulatory
patients that may well equate to bigger savings since
spine pain conditions are so common in older adults. (2)
Ambulatory patients can take themselves to a healthcare provider,
and many go to chiropractors. Chiropractors are recognized
for their care of the spine and spine-related, musculoskeletal conditions. A new
study noted that they, predictably, usually chose
spinal manipulation for clinical encounters involving spinal conditions and soft tissue approaches for
extremity pain conditions.
(3) Chiropractors are well-trained to
diagnose co-morbidities, conditions that spine pain patients experience in addition to spine pain that are not spine related. Researchers are working on gathering
data that will show just how many such
conditions chiropractors see in their patients.
(4) This existence
of non-spine related conditions is a basis for chiropractors’
intensive diagnostic training and familiarity with co-management
with other medical care as is necessary. Your chiropractor is ready
to examine, diagnose, and treat your
spine-related pain condition regardless of its complexity in a cost-effective, gentle,
evidence-based manner often using
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Understand Spinal Muscle Care: Electrical Current
Paying attention to the spinal muscles is important,
too. This applies to young and old alike! For the older
folks, it’s really essential as loss of skeletal
spinal mass - which affects lumbar lordosis, too -
makes them vulnerable to chronic low back pain. (5) Fatty infiltration of the
paraspinal muscles correlated greatly with
a higher risk of back pain and disability in a recent study. (6)
Electrical stimulation (as well as exercise and nutrition
which your chiropractor also encourages!) is helpful in enhancing
spinal muscle. Interferential current was said to be better
than placebo at decreasing pain and disability immediately
after use in chronic low back pain patients. (7) Your individualized Toronto chiropractic treatment plan may incorporate such adjunct
care along with spinal manipulation. Embrace it!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jay Young on The Back Doctors Podcast with
Dr. Michael Johnson about use of The
Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to treat and contain
back pain in a patient with degenerative disc disease.
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Schedule your next Toronto
chiropractic visit with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre soon.
We look forward to seeing you soon! And we're happy to share our chiropractic services to help relieve your pain.
