Ashburn and Herndon Chiropractic Newsletter from Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for February 2017

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 and Herndon healthcare colleagues to help a Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patient! A new study shows 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 demonstrates that multidisciplinary conferences connecting many kinds of providers decrease 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 improve within 4 weeks of symptom onset. Therefore, prime timing for surgery for cervical radiculopathy (arm/upper extremity pain) is within 8 weeks of symptom onset 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. Count on Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for your non-surgical back pain and neck pain care.

Healthy Eating!

It’s not just a motto! Healthy eating improves bone mineral density and decreases the risk of osteoporosis. Those who consume more vegetables and fruits have less osteoposis and higher bone mineral density in middle and older age. If you are one of those Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients who don’t like vegetables much, you are in luck! Fruit more so than vegetables seems to be better. (4) Less osteoporosis can potentially mean less back pain later in life, so enjoy some veggies and fruit today!

Back Pain’s Relationship to Vitamin D

Low vitamin D levels for Ashburn and Herndon chronic low back pain sufferers isn’t good. The good news is that vitamin D supplementation helps! Increased vitamin D levels via supplementation show lowered pain intensity and better function ability in chronic low back pain patients. (5) Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn loves that such an easy thing as a nutritional supplement may help our Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic patients so much!

Everything is connected! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn knows this to be true! Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn just read this study about tinnitus and its potential relationship to cervical spine disorders. That makes sense! They find that when cervical spine disorders are alleviated, so is the tinnitus. There’s a connection between the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the auditory pathway and the cervical spine. (6) If tinnitus along with a cervical spine condition bothers you  or a friend, let’s see what Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn can do to help! Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic may help.

Osteoporosis and Obesity – The Link

When we think about osteoporosis, we used to think of thin people as being the ones at risk. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn often thought that. But not now! New research reports that obesity is a big risk factor for osteoporosis since inflammatory cytokines are used by fat to negatively influence bone metabolism. (7) Now, that’s new news. All of us Ashburn and Herndon folks – thin and overweight – need to be mindful of osteoporosis risk and how to manage it.

If any of these topics affect you or a Ashburn and Herndon loved one, make a Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment today with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. What a great first step toward relief!