Nashua Chiropractic Manipulation for Back Pain Vs Benzodiazepines

Back pain comes. Back pain hangs around sporadically. Back pain goes away for while or longer or shorter! Whatever its path, back pain makes itself an annoyance to its sufferer who just wants it to go away. The hope of a fast fixing 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. Moriarty Chiropractic offers conservative, non-drug, non-surgical, chiropractic care for the relief of Nashua back pain and neck pain that pleases!

RADICULAR BACK PAIN CARE

Radicular low back pain – radiating-down-the-leg back pain – is many times the most aggravating. Researchers noted that chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy and benzodiazepine drugs were commonly prescribed. They questioned how spinal manipulation influenced the use of the benzodiazepine drugs in patients aged 18-49 years old. The risk of receiving a prescription for a benzodiazepine were significantly lower for those receiving chiropractic spinal manipulation. The odds did rise a bit as the back pain stuck around: 3 months .56, 6 months .61, and 12 months .67. The researchers also examined whether a patient’s preference to avoid prescription medications changed this. Their sensitivity analysis did not have anything to do with the odds. 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 likely to receive published guideline-directed care for benzodiazepine prescription. (1) This is positive news for Nashua back pain sufferers deliberating where to go for their back pain: Moriarty Chiropractic!

OPIOID PRESCRIPTION FOR BACK PAIN

Back pain sufferers with acute onset, preliminary episode of back pain often go to the emergency room for help. Opioid prescribing in the ED was documented as not always adhering to clinical guidelines which recommended limited use. Researchers back in 2016 reported that such early opioid prescribing for uncomplicated acute low back pain built up the long-term use of opioids and the cost of care notwithstanding the fact that there are a variety of adverse outcomes linked to opioid use. (2) Nashua back pain sufferers who come to Moriarty Chiropractic discover other non-drug care that is recommended for back pain relief.

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 the recommendations were followed revealed some eye-opening facts. A Gallup poll of 5377 random people resulted in 545 low back pain sufferers who visited a medical doctor in the past 12 months. They were asked what form of care their medical doctor recommended and if they followed that care. 96% said they were given a recommendation of one or more pain treatments. 81% said their medical doctor advised drug and non-drug therapies. 76% - NSAIDs and acetaminophen. 79% - self-care treatments. 37% - massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation. 60% - physical therapy. Nearly 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) Moriarty Chiropractic deliveres 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 Nashua chiropractic appointment now. Back pain - be it new or old, sudden or lingering – may well find relief in recommended spinal manipulation care at Moriarty Chiropractic.