February 2022 Healthy News from Dr. Butwell You and Your Spine Pain Practitioner Work Together with Manipulation & Exercise

The Georgetown spine pain practitioner guides treatment toward back and neck pain relief in an organized, collaborative fashion.

YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Reduce Opioid Prescription Fills, Enhance Quality of Life

Chiropractic care is hands-on care valued by clients for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In a healthcare system that is organized for the inclusion of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was documented as being beneficial. There was a significant difference in the outcomes of usual medical care versus usual medical care plus chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system, older beneficiaries with spinal pain who utilized chiropractic care were at significantly lower risk – 56% lower – of filling an opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a novel role to manage spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was offered, the Primary Spine Practitioner. Integrating such care into the healthcare system is meant to enhance effectiveness and value of care as high costs and poor outcomes are familiar in spine care. (3) Your Georgetown chiropractor at Dr. Butwell understands the spine, the conservative care of its pain, and the value of working with other healthcare practitioners to get you the pain relief we all desire for you! Your Georgetown chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain practitioner!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains relieving treatment of back pain with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that prompted a patient to lessen her consumption of pain medication as she felt less and less pain.

Dr. Butwell shares a new study highlighting the benefit of adding at-home exercise to in-office treatment for neck pain relief.

Georgetown CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE

Blending efforts, be it between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment, is helpful. In suffering with and seeking relief of back pain or neck pain, combining treatment at the office with exercise at home is beneficial. The latest report of such a combination stated that four 20-minute sessions of manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. The patients’ range of motion got better as did their neck disability and pain intensity. (4) Georgetown back pain and neck pain patients report further benefit when they are involved in their care. Dr. Butwell is here for support!

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Make your next Georgetown chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Dr. Butwell are a team working together toward pain relief.