Painful Spines Respond to Non-Surgical Care like Chiropractic

Guidelines for back pain care endorse non-surgical care treatments like spinal manipulation. So who provides non-surgical care? A recent study just came out and said that “Chiropractic is one of the largest manual therapy professions in the US and internationally.” (1) Yes! Chiropractors like your Murfreesboro chiropractor at Most Chiropractic Clinic relish that role. Your Murfreesboro chiropractor assists Murfreesboro back pain and neck pain patients be alleviated of the pain and improve 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 pursue chiropractic care in their lifetime. 8.4% of US adults received 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 approaches like spinal manipulation. (3) Even the physical therapists are upset! “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 ended with a physical therapy referral. A patient with Medicare or Medicaid was even less likely to get a referral. Where do these low back pain and leg pain patients go? What do they do about their low back pain and leg pain sciatica? They received opioid prescriptions more often. (4) Your Murfreesboro chiropractor proposes a non-surgical, non-drug way to pain relief.

But what motivates a visit to a chiropractor like your Murfreesboro chiropractor? Spine pain. 63% for back pain and 30.2% for neck pain. (That sounds correct for Most Chiropractic Clinic, too. Our Murfreesboro chiropractic patients see the back pain specialists at Most Chiropractic Clinic as back and neck pain relief specialists!)  Additionally, adults over 30 and those with spine pain were more prone to check in with 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% reported that the combined care for their spinal pain – medical and chiropractic – was helpful. (1) Your Murfreesboro chiropractor is fully open to combining care! Most Chiropractic Clinic is ready to collaborate with your primary care physician whenever possible.

Schedule your Murfreesboro chiropractic visit today. Most Chiropractic Clinic will reach out to your primary care physician. We are all with you and want the same thing: non-surgical pain relief suggested by the most recent back pain care guidelines and improved quality of life for you, our mutual Murfreesboro back pain patient or neck pain patient.