“An apple a day…” Everyone can finish that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for Toronto back pain
and neck pain sufferers is reported to do the same. Access
needs to be just as simple as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and lessen
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-explained chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a staple treatment at
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre for good reason! A rat study regarding the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on lessening
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization did a better
job of relieving pain. Manipulation was a bit quicker
in providing relief and decreasing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are prominent
treatments at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre for back pain and radiculopathy. We’re
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to our office!
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre also understands
that our Toronto chiropractic patients are excited
to receive in-office care but not always as motivated to do
their at-home care. They’re not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That is the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually did the at-home care. (2) We know it’s tough to make
time at home, and we will keep doing our best at
every visit to manage your spinal condition…and encourage you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC REDUCED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers questioned just how access
to chiropractic influenced medical care for older adults with spinal pain. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers equated this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That is a
lot of money and suffering. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre makes itself accessible
to our Toronto spine pain sufferers! Additionally, 42%
of neck pain patients go on to escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is done
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to go
onto escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients went
on to escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre offers
spinal manipulation. Your Toronto chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are quite
good at performing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to develop
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease noted by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. One study of boxer puppies aged 8 weeks
to one year compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic monthly to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At one year of age, the treated
puppies had spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) versus the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may beneficially lessen
the probably of young boxers getting spondylosis. (5)
Our Toronto furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
reduce back pain in
elderly patients.
Set up your Toronto
chiropractic appointment soon. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and lessen your
back pain and risk of back pain!