August 2021 Healthy News from Connected Chiropractic
Connected Chiropractic welcomes all spine pain patients! Spine pain is disconcerting for its sufferers. Elgin chiropractic spinal manipulation helps. Though low back pain is a major source of disability around the world, its sufferers who have persistent or recurrent bouts of low back pain realize that chiropractic maintenance care is worthwhile as it is patient-centered care. (1) Neck pain sufferers, too, discover relief with chiropractic. Neck pain patients treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US – were found to be 2.38 times less likely to need escalated and more expensive care like imaging, injection, emergency room or surgery (just 26%) than patients who were treated with other type of care (46%). (2) A new study of Medicare patient claims reveals that patients who had less access to chiropractic care had a rise in visits (32.3 a year) to primary care physicians for spine pain and an increase in spine surgeries (5.5 a year) costing an extra $114,967 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and $391 million nationally. (3) Your Elgin chiropractor is well-experienced in performing spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation is and has been recommended as first-line treatment for low back pain. Medicare claims’ reviews note that chiropractors are the majority of healthcare providers for spinal manipulation and that the general supply of spinal manipulation providers is dropping. (4) Don’t worry! Your hometown, Elgin chiropractor has no intention of not providing pain-relieving spinal manipulation, especially the gentle, research-supported Cox® Technic style of spinal manipulation.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses the place of spinal manipulation in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for the relief of spinal stenosis, a common spine pain condition in the over-65 age group.
Beneficial B Vitamins
The benefits of B vitamins is undeniable. B12 deficiency is often linked with dementia in patients 65 years old and over. It has also been found in young people who have normal B12 levels but their methylmalonic acid (MMA) level is high. Checking the MMA level may be a useful test in patients with symptoms that seem unrelated as in one patient with neuropathy, depression and stomach issues who tested a high level of MMA. (5) Biotin (B7) supplementation is demonstrating potential in the treatment of neuropathic pain and could reduce the necessary doses of analgesic drugs. (6) Riboflavin (B2) in foods and via supplements is known for its antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory effects among others. A recent study found that B2 to be anti-itch. (7) How are your B levels? We’ll talk at your next visit!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Schedule your next Elgin chiropractic appointment with Connected Chiropractic for a healthy discussion about B vitamins and a healthy session of spine/back/neck pain-relieving spinal manipulation. See you then!