August 2021 Healthy News from Aurora Chiropractic Center
Aurora Chiropractic Center welcomes all spine pain patients! Spine pain is disconcerting for its sufferers. Juneau chiropractic spinal manipulation helps. Though low back pain is a major cause of disability globally, its sufferers who have recurrent or persistent episodes of low back pain find chiropractic maintenance care 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 higher level and costly care like imaging, injection, emergency room or surgery (just 26%) than patients who were treated with other kinds of care (46%). (2) A recent study of Medicare patient claims reports that patients who had less access to chiropractic care had an increase in visits (32.3 a year) to primary care physicians for spine pain and a rise in spine surgeries (5.5 a year) costing an extra $114,967 per 1000 Medicare beneficiaries and $391 million nationally. (3) Your Juneau chiropractor is well-skilled in performing spinal manipulation. Spinal manipulation is and has been advised as first-line treatment for low back pain. Reviews of Medicare claims point out that chiropractors are the majority of healthcare providers for spinal manipulation and that the overall supply of spinal manipulation providers is falling. (4) Have no fear! Your hometown, Juneau chiropractor does not intend to stop providing pain-relieving spinal manipulation, especially the gentle, research-backed 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 set.
Beneficial B Vitamins
B vitamins are beneficial. B12 deficiency is often associated with dementia in patients 65 years old and over. It’s also been found in younger people who have normal B12 levels but their methylmalonic acid (MMA) level is high. Testing the MMA level may be considered 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 showing potential in the treatment of neuropathic pain and could reduce the required doses of analgesic drugs. (6) Riboflavin (B2) in foods and via supplements is renowned for its antioxidant, anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory effects among others. A recent study reported that B2 offers anti-itch properties. (7) Are your B levels good? Let’s talk at your next visit!
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Schedule your next Juneau chiropractic appointment with Aurora Chiropractic Center for a healthy chat about B vitamins and a healthy session of spine/back/neck pain-relieving spinal manipulation. See you soon!