Georgetown Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to leave. The hope of a quick relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is unrelenting. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive methods are out there. Dr. Butwell offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Georgetown back pain and neck pain that satisfies!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – the back pain that radiates down the leg – is often the most annoying. Researchers observed that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were generally prescribed. They analzed how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those undergoing chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain stayed: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications influenced this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the risk. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who began with the chiropractic manipulation path were more likely to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Georgetown back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Dr. Butwell!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ER was documented as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that prescribing opioids so early for uncomplicated acute low back pain multiplied the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) Georgetown back pain sufferers finding their way to Dr. Butwell find other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. Chiropractors make up 97%-98% of the spinal manipulation providers. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people gave rise to 545 low back pain sufferers who went to a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed it. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were recommended. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Dr. Butwell provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
CONTACT Dr. Butwell
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your Georgetown chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it acute or chronic, sudden or lingering – may well find its match in recommended spinal manipulation care at Dr. Butwell.
