CHIROPRACTIC BENEFITS AND COVERAGE
Federally directed insurance coverage for chiropractic care is
more likely to limit chiropractic regardless of
the benefits chiropractic affords recipients. For
example, chiropractic care for Medicare recipients seeing
chiropractors for back pain is only covered for spinal manipulation
even though no evidence showing an increase in serious risks associated with
chiropractic care of back or neck pain for these Medicare
patients. Actually,
research has documented that chiropractic care improved
the time of recovery, reduced the number
of back surgeries in a year, decreased opioid-linked
disability, shrank the number of falls and traumatic injuries,
reduced the decline in activities of daily living and disability
over time, and reduced costs and medical doctor visits for
low back pain. (1) Another case in point is that even though new professional and insurance guidelines for clinical
decision-making regarding back pain care, the Federal Employees Compensation
Act still requires x-rays for chiropractic care to be reimbursed
for care. (2) In place of imaging today, other less expensive
and more valuable ways are research-documented to ascertain if spinal manipulation is suitable. Researchers are
so sophisticated as to be able to predict
which low back pain patients will respond to spinal manipulation as a
nonpharmacologic intervention recommended in clinical care guidelines today and
by how much contingent upon factors like medication and
exercise expectation, pain frequency, height, gender,
extension ability, response to STarT Back Tool questionnaire. (3) The benefits
of chiropractic care continue to grow and to be documented,
ready to be acknowledged by insurers like they are already
acknowledged by Lynchburg back pain and
neck pain recipients. Palmer Chiropractic Center provides pain-relieving care despite
the payment system.
Lynchburg CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
Glucosamine and Chondroitin: Not Just for The Disc Anymore!
Taking glucosamine/chondroitin supplements is more
and more reported positive. A recent paper explains
that taking this combo decreased
overall risk of early death about as efficiently as routine
exercise. (The authors do not recommend not exercising though!) (4) Another study
of 77,510 supplement users found that people who consumed
glucosamine (alone or with chondroitin) had a
significantly lower risk of death. Further, current users had
a significantly lower risk of death from cancer. (5) Even more specifically,
regular use of glucosamine was linked to a significantly
lower risk of total cardiovascular disease issues and death, coronary heart
disease and stroke. (6) Palmer Chiropractic Center has indeed seen
the beneficial use of glucosamine and chondroitin to care for
degenerative discs related to back pain
and neck pain. These other benefits just raise the bar for the
benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin. Are you taking yours? Let’s
talk at your next Lynchburg chiropractic visit!
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