April 2020 Healthy News from Aurora Chiropractic Center

Juneau chiropractic care at Aurora Chiropractic Center is prepared for the pandemic of low back pain.

THE PANDEMIC OF LOW BACK PAIN

Here’s a pandemic chiropractic is built for: low back pain! A new report in Healthcare journal presents that “Low back pain is a pandemic and costly musculoskeletal condition in the United States.” This study compared the cost-effectiveness of chiropractic and physical therapy for low back pain. Curiously, their up-coming study is set to reveal if they reduce the use of expensive health services like surgery, injections, and ER visits. For now, though, they discovered that the total average cost was $48.56 lower for chiropractic care than PT and the daily adjusted life years was 0.0043 greater for chiropractic than PT patients. They concluded that chiropractic was shown to be a cost-effective means to ease low back pain in adults with at least 3 weeks of low back pain over 6 months. (1) Come to Aurora Chiropractic Center to find out for yourself! Bring your Juneau low back pain to Aurora Chiropractic Center. Chiropractic care and your Juneau chiropractor are prepped to fight and overcome the pandemic of low back pain.

Juneau diabetic patients with neuropathy may benefit from checking their B vitamin deficiency.

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B Vitamins for Diabetic Nerve Pain

Chronic diabetic neuropathic pain is challenging. Inflammation plays a part. Spinal proinflammatory cytokines play a role. A recent study using rats demonstrated that B vitamins not only suppress but significantly subdue this pain by curbing the proinflammatory cytokines. (2) Sadly, vitamin B12 deficiency is very common among type II diabetic patients who are prescribed metformin, a common diabetic drug. (3) Researchers found links to anemia and neuropathy with metformin use in diabetic patients. (4) Aurora Chiropractic Center recommends that our diabetic patients are encouraged to check their vitamin B levels! B vitamins are very important for health!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents information on how the immune system works as well as how spinal manipulation influences neuropathic pain pathways.

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Arrange your next Juneau chiropractic appointment today with Aurora Chiropractic Center for your low back pain, neuropathy and spinal health! We are looking forward to your visit soon!