Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Toronto folks? Let
us start with where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
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? Likely because it is
known to take numerous years for such innovative,
proven concepts to trickle down to general
knowledge. Some people (not our
Toronto chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre certainly
is the Toronto back pain specialist!
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Toronto chiropractic practice,
particularly 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 assert
that from 9 to 33% of people get spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do receive spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is rising.
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 can such a Toronto neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study found that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is better for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
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 worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not need 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
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre has vast success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which incorporates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves permitting normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting 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 likely
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Users were much more prone
to believe that MBP inhibited illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more successful than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation relieves back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have had back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Toronto chiropractic appointment with
Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Toronto chiropractor, a true
Toronto back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Toronto spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.