St Peters Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its course, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are out there. Old Mill Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of St Peters back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most annoying. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were generally prescribed. They asked how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the odds. The study concluded that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and influenced the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more apt to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for St Peters back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Old Mill Chiropractic!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ER was reported as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) St Peters back pain sufferers finding their way to Old Mill Chiropractic discover other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who sought case from a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed the recommended care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients ranged from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Old Mill Chiropractic provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Old Mill Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment today. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Old Mill Chiropractic.
