Researchers find prolapsed lumbar intervertebral discs may be successfully managed without surgery in 97% of cases. Lower back pain is very common. It causes a huge problem for people resulting in ongoing pain, disability, loss of income, and inability to enjoy life. Often a person with lower back pain has an MRI that shows a […]
Insurance, Health Care, and Health
Health insurance companies are often considered a big part of the problem in American health care. We often pay a lot of money every month to have a policy with limited coverage and very high deductibles. Many times necessary treatment is denied… regardless of necessity. Outside of these big problems, insurance companies and our health […]
Chiropractic Care + Medical Care = Better Care
Would Adding Chiropractic Care To Your Medical Care Help You Get Out Of Pain and Improve Function? That’s what researchers wanted to find out. A study published in the journal Spine compared standard medical care with and without chiropractic care for treatment of acute low back pain among 18 to 35 year old active military […]
Chiropractic Versus Pain Management
UK researchers find chiropractic care is more effective than pain management clinic in reducing chronic back pain and disability. Researchers at a National Health Service outpatient clinic (pain clinic) in the UK performed a study to see if chiropractic care could be beneficial for patients suffering from chronic (pain lasting longer than 12 weeks) low […]
More Chiropractic Care = Less Opiate Use
Can Chiropractic Care Help Reduce The Growing Opiod Crisis? An interesting 2016 study looked at how the number of Chiropractors in an area and amount of Medicare dollars spent on Chiropractic Care correlated with the amount of opiod use by younger Medicare recipients. These were neck and back pain sufferers younger than 65 years of […]
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