La Grande Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines
Back pain appears. Back pain lingers occasionally. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain annoys its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast relieving pill is strong. The desire for relief is tenacious. Surgical versus non-surgical, drug versus non-drug, conservative versus more invasive approaches are out there. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of La Grande back pain and neck pain that pleases!
RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE
Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is often the most annoying. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation affected the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years of age. The odds of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly less for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The risk did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also questioned whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications affected this. Their sensitivity analysis didn’t have anything to do with the risk. The study closed by saying that chiropractic spinal manipulation care significantly decreased the odds of a prescription for and affected the use of benzodiazepine for radicular low back pain. The patients in the study who started with the chiropractic manipulation path were more prone to get published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for La Grande back pain sufferers wondering where to go for their back pain: Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC!
OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN
Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain commonly go to the emergency room for assistance. Opioid prescribing in the ED was documented as not always following clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain increased the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are an assortment of adverse outcomes associated with opioid use. (2) La Grande back pain sufferers who come to Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC find other non-drug care that is recommended for relief of back pain.
RECOMMENDED BACK PAIN TREATMENT OPTIONS
The American College of Physicians published recommendations for care of low back pain in 2009. (3) Spinal manipulation was a recommended first-line treatment for low back pain in adults. 97%-98% of spinal manipulation providers were chiropractors. (4) A 2021 follow-up report on whether these recommendations were followed revealed some interesting facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who visited a medical doctor in the past year. They were asked what type of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed the recommended care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor recommended drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Close to 66% said prescriptions (benzodiazepine, opioids, gabapentin, Neurontin, cortisone injections) were advised. Follow through on the recommendations by patients varied from 68% for acupuncture to 94% for NSAIDs. (5) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC provides safe, gentle spinal manipulation as recommended by the guidelines and encourages follow through with care.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates the relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for low back pain patients.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment today. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC.
