All Benefit when DCs and MDs Work Together
Doctors working together benefits patients. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is always ready to work with Ashburn healthcare colleagues to help a Ashburn chiropractic patient! A new study reports that when family medicine residents and chiropractors cooperatively care for older patients with back pain, everyone wins. Patients liked it. Both types of doctors liked getting to know each other’s treatment approaches. (1) While another study reveals that multidisciplinary conferences involving many kinds of doctors lessen the use of spinal fusion for low back and improve the matching of surgical type to the proper patient type. (2) It is all good! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is ready to help!
Appropriate Timing for Back or Neck Surgery
It’s found that 88% of cervical radiculopathy patients and 70% of lumbar radiculopathy patients show improvement within 4 weeks of symptom onset. Therefore, prime timing for surgery for cervical radiculopathy (arm/upper extremity pain) is within 8 weeks of symptoms though 4 weeks may be considered and between 4 and 8 weeks for lumbar radiculopathy (leg/lower extremity pain). (3) Naturally, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn works toward surgery necessity but knows when to refer appropriate patients for surgical care. There are times when it is. Trust Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for your back and neck pain care needs.
Healthy Eating!
It’s not just a slogan! Eating healthily reduces the risk of osteoporosis and improves bone mineral density. Consuming more fruits and vegetables caused higher bone mineral density and less osteoporosis rate in middle-aged and elderly persons with lower body mass indices. If you are one of those Ashburn chiropractic patients who don’t like vegetables much, you are in luck! Fruit more so than vegetables seems to be better. (4) Eat some fruit and vegetables today for less osteoporosis and pain tomorrow.
Vitamin D and Back Pain
Low vitamin D levels for Ashburn chronic low back pain sufferers isn’t good. The good news is that vitamin D supplementation helps! Increased vitamin D levels via supplementation show reduced pain intensity and better function ability in chronic low back pain patients. (5) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn loves that such a simple task as a nutritional supplement may help our Ashburn chiropractic patients so much!
Cervical Spine and Tinnitus Related
Our body is one big linked system! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn knows this to be true! Researchers suggest that tinnitus may be improved when cervical spine disorders are alleviated. There is a link between the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the auditory pathway and the cervical spine. (6) Does tinnitus with a cervical spine condition upset you? A Ashburn friend? Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn offers gentle chiropractic care to help them both potentially! Ashburn chiropractic may help.
Obesity Increases Osteoporosis Risk
When we think about osteoporosis, we used to think thin people were at risk. That’s what Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn would think. But not now! New research reports that obesity is a big risk factor for osteoporosis since fat is used by inflammatory cytokines to negatively control bone metabolism. (7) Now, that’s new news. All of us Ashburn folks – thin and overweight – need to be aware of osteoporosis risk and how to manage it.
If any of these topics affect you or a Ashburn loved one, make a Ashburn chiropractic appointment today with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. It’s the first step toward relief!