Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Lynchburg folks? Let’s start with where it fits in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Palmer Chiropractic Center
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Is that news to you? Probably as it is
known to take numerous years for such innovative,
proven ideas to filter to common
knowledge. Some people (not our
Lynchburg chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Lynchburg chiropractor at Palmer Chiropractic Center surely
is the Lynchburg back pain specialist!
Palmer Chiropractic Center invites back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Lynchburg chiropractic practice,
especially the more difficult cases! For instance, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and evade
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those
people see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The call for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum time of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Lynchburg neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Palmer Chiropractic Center is an option for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is known
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs triggering
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a good
idea. A study of 137 patients proposed to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to require surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Palmer Chiropractic Center has substantial success in relieving
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Palmer Chiropractic Center utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper describing how flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A report of 674 emergency room adult visits showed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People seeking such care were significantly younger and more probable
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were significantly more liable
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Palmer Chiropractic Center
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation helps back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have struggled with back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Lynchburg chiropractic appointment with
Palmer Chiropractic Center as you come to realize that
chiropractors - like your Lynchburg chiropractor, a true
Lynchburg back pain specialist – are recommended for
the non-surgical treatment of Lynchburg spine pain and disability.
Medicine now endorses spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.