Back Pain Helped by Accessible Chiropractic Care in Cost and Relief
Back pain and neck pain are not only painful but also costly and manytimes complex. Overall health care spending in the US keeps increasing: $1.4 trillion in 1996 to $3.1 trillion in 2016. It accounts for 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 spinal care by chiropractors, researchers found that $400 to $500 million was spent each year. They also stated that
higher accessibility to chiropractic lowered the reliance on primary care services for painful spinal conditions. Further, some monetary 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 seen so often 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 recent study noted that they, not surprisingly, most often elected to use
spinal manipulation for clinical treatments of spinal conditions and soft tissue approaches for extremity pain conditions.
(3) Chiropractors are well-trained to recognize co-morbidities, conditions that spine pain patients experience in addition to spine pain that are not spine related. Researchers are presently collecting data that will reveal 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 needed. Your chiropractor is ready to examine, diagnose, and treat your
spine-related pain condition no matter its complexity in a cost-effective, gentle, well-researched manner often via
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
TIP OF THE MONTH: Understand Spinal Muscle Care: Electrical Current
Care of the spinal muscles is important, too. This applies to young and old alike! For the older folks, it is really essential as loss of skeletal spinal mass - which influences lumbar lordosis, too - makes them vulnerable to chronic low back pain. (5) Fatty infiltration of the paraspinal muscles correlated greatly with a greater risk of back pain and disability in a recent study. (6) Electrical stimulation (in addition to exercise and nutrition which your chiropractor also encourages!) is helpful in enhancing spinal muscle. Interferential current was said to be better than placebo at reducing pain and disability right after use in chronic low back pain patients. (7) Your individualized Tonawanda chiropractic treatment plan may incorporate such adjunct care alongside 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 manage back pain in a patient with degenerative disc disease.
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Make your next Tonawanda chiropractic visit with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation soon. We’ll see you soon! And we're happy to share our chiropractic services to help alleviate your pain.
