Montreal Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around sporadically. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a quick fixing pill is strong. The desire for relief is tenacious. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are available. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Montreal back pain and neck pain that satisfies!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most irritating. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were frequently prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did go up a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned 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 closed by saying 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 began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Montreal back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, initial episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ED was documented 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 multiplied the long-term use of opioids as well as the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) Montreal back pain sufferers who come to Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic find 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 showed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who visited a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they received a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor recommended 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 advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Schedule your Montreal chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic.
