February 2020 Healthy News from New Roads Chiropractic Center: Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain

Neck pain bothers 1 in 5 people over 70 years of age. An assessment of 800 Australian chiropractors discovered that 1/3 of their patients are older than 65 years old. 45.5% experienced neck pain. 31.3% also had headache. (1) A recent committee analysis of the latest relevant clinical practice guidelines based on the best scientific evidence available to manage neck pain in adults including neck pain with headache or radicular symptoms via chiropractic related that chiropractic manipulation and multimodal care are the “best practice recommendations.” (2) 82% of the older adults visited one other healthcare provider in addition to chiropractic to handle neck pain. The chiropractors used manipulation of the thoracic spine, neck massage, and adjustment that gave rise to help for dizziness, neck pain, headache and migraine (though migraine takes more visits). (1) New Roads chiropractic relief for neck pain increases in documented support. It’s also being found as economical as well as drug- and opioid-preventative. A review in Missouri reported that using chiropractic in the Medicaid system saved $14.1 and $49.2 million, reduced in spinal surgery expenditures and use/abuse of opioid prescription drugs. (3) Chiropractic services at New Roads Chiropractic Center successfully relieves New Roads neck pain for many.

Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents the use of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for neck pain relief.

Non-specific neck pain patients do well with exercise as part of their treatment plan. Such patients were supervised in 12 exercise sessions 3 times a week with either traditional exercises vs traditional exercises in addition to sensorimotor training. Pain, intensity, muscle endurance and disability improved in both. The combined group significantly advanced in joint position sense and other parameters like endurance, dynamic balance and walking speed. (4) Increasing the number of steps walked a day over a 6-month time decreased neck pain occurrence in high risk office workers who sit and work at computers day in and day out. It didn’t decrease pain intensity or disability, but it did decrease the onset of neck pain. (5) Fewer episodes of New Roads neck pain is a great goal! New Roads Chiropractic Center is your partner to attain it.

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