Where does chiropractic medicine
fit in your life, in the lives of other Auburn folks? Let
us look at where it is in others’ lives for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
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 as it takes numerous years for such innovative,
proven concepts to trickle down to general
knowledge. Some people (not our
Auburn chiropractic clients!) think chiropractors
are quacks when actually chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Auburn chiropractor at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. certainly
is the Auburn back pain specialist!
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Auburn chiropractic office,
particularly the more difficult cases! For
example, patients who experience recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and avoid
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 rising.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum period 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 Auburn neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported 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. Further, a high rate of
adverse effects is stated in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were reported 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 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 for
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. has vast success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. employs
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 revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had received care from at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People choosing
this form of care were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more apt
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 Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
Listen to one of these PODCASTS about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits 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 Auburn chiropractic appointment with
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Auburn chiropractor, a true
Auburn back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Auburn spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s specialty,
as first line treatment for spine pain.