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April 2023 Healthy News from Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation The Choice of Many Back Pain Options and Anti-inflammatory Help of Turmeric

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THE ‘SUPERMARKET’ OF BACK PAIN CARE OPTIONS: How to Choose?

“Supermarkets” are great for gathering food but not so much so for finding relief of Tonawanda back pain, understanding the basis of back pain, nor getting up in the morning without pain and welcoming the day. A new back pain sufferer may well get lost in this “supermarket” of healthcare choices. Researchers came up with this comparison of back pain care choices to goods on shelves in a supermarket as they witnessed this at their meetings where the latest in back pain care options were excitedly presented next to each other with each approach’s supporters sharing their experience (some with solid, accurately presented research evidence, some without). (1) It is no wonder that back pain sufferers – who are not alone with a lifetime likelihood of low back pain for all of us being 85% (2) – are dazed and unable to make a choice. That’s where our teamwork comes into play. You share your expectations. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation will share the best evidence to create a treatment plan to help you recover. Researchers analyzed patient preferences and goals for non-surgical treatment of chronic low back pain and reported that these are important to patient outcomes. (3) YOUR goals of care are key: Do you want to walk more? Sleep better? Understand your pain better? YOUR preferences for care are important:  Do you feel spinal manipulation is for you? Or supervised rehab? Or psychotherapy?? Supervised therapy? Talk to a therapist?]33] As your Tonawanda chiropractor, I want to hear them. They will direct your care and improve your clinical outcomes. We know that conservative care for 4 to 6 weeks is recommended (in the absence of progressive neurological deficits and/or cauda equina syndrome) prior to imaging. (4) We also recognize that spinal manipulation is one of the top conservative recommended treatments. (5) When you are experiencing back pain, let us be your personal shopper, finding you the approach of chiropractic services to help you best!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he details both The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management as well as the healthcare path for back pain relief that is often confusing and non-congruent with current recommendations for the non-surgical, conservative care of back pain. 

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TIP OF THE MONTH: Consider Anti-Inflammatory Turmeric

Turmeric (curcuma longa L.) is a plant well-known for its anti-inflammatory properties due to its polyphenolic curcuminoids. In a scoping review of published papers, researchers concluded that current evidence is great that suggests clinical benefit from supplementing turmeric for its anti-inflammatory benefits, especially in inflammation-linked diseases like obesity-related metabolic disorders or musculoskeletal disorders (like back and neck pain). (6) Researchers always call for more research to conclusively recommend dosages and formulations. In the interim, we can chat about how adding turmeric to your nutrition plan may positively influence your pain relief and healing.

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