Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic

Guidelines for back pain care recommend non-surgical care methods like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A recent study just stated that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Oxford chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic embrace that role. Your Oxford chiropractor assists Oxford back pain and neck pain patients get relief of the pain and enhance their quality of life.

The latest guideline for non-surgical treatment for recent onset back and/or leg pain recommends patient education (including a talk about treatment outcome), exercise (advice to keep active) and manual therapy, not routine imaging, targeted treatment, extraforaminal glucocorticoid injection, paracetamol, NSAIDs and opioids. (2) Chiropractic offers all three!

24% of US adults seek chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults sought chiropractic care in the past year. (1) Why do not more patients seek chiropractic care? The back pain care guidelines drawn up by groups like the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society call for non-surgical methods like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are frustrated! “Although therapies delivered by PTs are promoted as a first-line treatment for low back pain, PT referral rates remain low.” Only 10.1% of primary care provider visits for low back pain resulted in a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these patients with low back pain and leg pain go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? The primary care physicians wrote opioid prescriptions more and more. (4) Your Oxford chiropractor offers a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.

But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Oxford chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds right for Satterwhite Chiropractic, too. Our Oxford chiropractic patients view the back pain specialists at Satterwhite Chiropractic as back and neck pain relief specialists!)  Further, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more likely to visit a chiropractor in the last 12 months. 23% of the chiropractic patients also had a prescription for their back pain. 35% of them used over the counter medications for the issue which they were seeing the chiropractor. 63.8% thought the combined care for their spinal pain – medical and chiropractic – was helpful. (1) Your Oxford chiropractor is ready to share care! Satterwhite Chiropractic is ready to work as a team with your primary care physician whenever possible.

Schedule your Oxford chiropractic visit today. Share the name of your primary care physician. We are all on your side and desire the same thing: non-surgical pain relief as called for by the latest back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our shared Oxford back pain patient or neck pain patient.