Back pain is not picky. Back pain may
pick any of us at any time whether we are
stay-at-home people or out-in-the-world people, active
military people or veterans. The reputation of chiropractic for helping back pain sufferers continues to grow in the civilian and veteran/military
care systems. The more recent curiosity has been how
much chiropractic care is best for back pain relief.
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn keeps track of this research since
military/veteran back pain resembles our civilian
Ashburn back pain!
BACK PAIN INCIDENCE
80% of us will experience back pain at some time
in our lives, in our youth, middle years, or old age. 264 million
work days were documented to be lost in one year due
to back pain. (1) Ashburn chiropractic care is designed
to help all ages! Somewhere between 25 and 33% of older folks reportedly
experience low back pain each year. Low back pain for older adults is described
as being debilitating as it often limits their
independence and multiplies the number of doctor visits they
have. A study that merged chiropractic and primary care for their back pain brought
about modest improvements in their back
pain and disability and higher patient satisfaction and perceived
improvement over primary care alone. (2)
Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn witnesses these same outcomes for our
Ashburn back pain patients! Older patients with chronic low back
pain along with other medical issues who used
only chiropractic spinal manipulation for their back pain had lower
overall costs of care, shorter episodes of back
pain, and decreased costs of care per back pain episode. (3) Back
pain relief in a shorter time at less expense…a triple
bonus for Ashburn
back pain sufferers!
BACK PAIN CARE WITH CHIROPRACTIC
Like the rest of us, military personnel and veterans
struggle with back pain and get relief
with chiropractic care. Chiropractic is well-integrated into
the VA system for veterans with low back pain and other musculoskeletal
conditions. A recently proposed study of chiropractic care in
Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities for low back pain seeks
to see if low dose (one to 5 visits) or higher dose (eight to twelve visits) chiropractic care for 10 weeks is optimal
for chronic low back pain relief. (4) (The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management discovered in a study of 1000 back pain
patients that 12 visits and 29 days were the mean number of visits and days to get patients maximally improved. (5))
A similar finding was made when chiropractic care was added to usual medical care for active-duty military personnel who
had low back pain. Moderate short-term improvement in back pain disability
and intensity was reported.
Multidisciplinary care of back pain that incorporates
chiropractic is suggested to be beneficial. (6) The aim
of Ashburn chiropractic for back pain sufferers – civilian and
military alike – is back pain relief. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is prepared to provide
that!
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Michael Dupriest on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
his role as a chiropractor in the VA
in care of veterans and their back pain.
Make your next Ashburn
chiropractic appointment soon. When back pain chooses you, you can
choose Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for relief.
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