“An apple a day…” Everyone can complete that saying!
Access to chiropractic and spinal manipulation for La Grande back pain
and neck pain sufferers is reported to do the same. Access
just needs to be as easy as access to apples! According
to research, chiropractic and spinal manipulation relieve pain and reduce
the need for escalated treatments and tests when they are easily accessible
to back and neck pain sufferers. (Even dogs were helped by veterinary chiropractic spinal manipulation!) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers
gentle spinal manipulation via a well-informed chiropractic treatment
plan.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE AND SPINAL MANIPULATION AND BACK PAIN
MANAGEMENT
Spinal manipulation is a primary treatment at
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for good reason! A rat study regarding the
effect of manipulation and mobilization and sham treatment on lessening
neuroinflammation in acute lumbar radiculopathy (leg pain) demonstrated
that manipulation and mobilization resulted in more pain relief. Manipulation was a bit faster
in providing relief and easing severe
radiculopathy. (1) Spinal manipulation and mobilization are leading
treatments at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC for back pain and radiculopathy. We are
here for you as soon as you bring your back pain and/or leg pain to us!
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC also knows
that our La Grande chiropractic patients are motivated
to receive in-office care but not always as eager to do
their at-home care. They are not alone! 89% of chiropractic
patients told researcher they went to their
appointments. That’s the easier part! 82% said their chiropractor’s
recommendations for treatment and at-home care (stretching and exercise) were
understandable, but only 44% of them actually did the at-home care. (2) We know it is tough to make
time at home, and we’ll continue doing our best at
every visit to manage your spinal condition…and supportively
remind you to do yours!
SPINAL MANIPULATION AND ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC LESSENED
NEED FOR MORE ADVANCED CARE
Researchers wondered just how access
to chiropractic affected medically-directed spinal pain care
in older adults. In an analysis
of Medicare claims for 39,278 older adult chiropractic users, reduced
access to chiropractic care expanded the use of medical
services (primary care physician visits and spine surgeries) for spine pain conditions.
The researchers likened this to an additional cost of $114,967
per 1000 beneficiaries ($391 million nationally). (3) That’s a
lot of money and pain. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC makes itself accessible
to our La Grande spine pain sufferers! Further, 42%
of neck pain patients receive escalated
treatments like imaging, injection, emergency room, surgery. Neck pain patients
treated with spinal manipulation – 90% of which is done
by chiropractors in the US – were less likely to require escalated care. Only 26% of spinal manipulation patients underwent escalated care whereas 46% of neck pain sufferers who sought
other types of care did. They
were at twice the risk of treatment escalation. (4) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC offers
spinal manipulation. Your La Grande chiropractor is experienced
in performing safe, gentle, relieving spinal manipulation.
EVEN DOGS BENEFIT FROM CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT
There are chiropractic colleagues who also are skilled at performing spinal manipulation on animals! Interesting!
Some dog breeds like boxers have a tendency to develop
spondylosis deformans, a spinal disease noted by disc
degeneration and bone spurs. A study of boxer puppies from 8 weeks old to one year of age compared puppies treated with
veterinary chiropractic monthly to same aged boxers not
treated with chiropractic. At one year of age, the treated
puppies were found to experience spondylosis significantly
less (only 25% were found to have it on imaging) versus the
control puppies (46.5% had it on imaging). This implies that
veterinary chiropractic treatment may successfully reduce
the probably of young boxers acquiring spondylosis. (5)
Our La Grande furry companions are helped with chiropractic
treatment, too!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Tom Menendez on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to gently
ease back pain in
elderly patients.
Make your La Grande
chiropractic appointment now. Keep eating your apples and
visiting your chiropractor to manage your health and ease your
back pain and risk of back pain!