Where is chiropractic medicine in your life, in the lives of other Montreal folks? Let
us look at where it is in the
lives of others for spine care, back pain relief, and neck pain relief at
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic
SPINAL MANIPULATION IS RECOMMENDED
Chiropractic spinal manipulation is recommended for at least
12 weeks before referral for spine surgery for lumbar disc herniation. (1) The
American Medical Association, the American Pain Society, the American College
of Physicians and Harvard Medical School all state spinal manipulation and
chiropractic are first line care for low back pain. (2) Is that news to you? Likely because it takes many years for such new,
proven ideas to filter to general
knowledge. Some people (not our
Montreal chiropractic clients!) deem chiropractors
are quacks when as a matter of fact chiropractors are
non-surgical back spine specialists. Your Montreal chiropractor at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic certainly
is the Montreal back pain specialist!
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic welcomes back pain, neck pain
and spine pain patients to our Montreal chiropractic practice,
particularly the painful cases! For
example, patients who have recurrent lumbar
disc herniation reportedly respond to non-surgical care and escape
the need for reoperation. (3) Reports say
that from 9 to 33% of people receive spinal manipulation for pain and
disability and 98% of those who do get spinal manipulation see chiropractors. (4)
DEMAND FOR CHIROPRACTIC GROWS
The demand for chiropractic spine care is increasing.
A majority of neurosurgeons think
that a minimum period of 8 to 12 weeks of radicular arm
pain is the best timing before performing surgery for cervical
spine disc herniation. (5) What does such a Montreal neck
pain patient do? Chiropractic care at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic is a
possibility for pain relief. Another
such study reported that no conclusion is drawn
as to whether surgical or nonsurgical treatment is superior for
individuals with lumbar spine degeneration of discs initiating
the condition termed stenosis. To top it off, a high rate of
adverse effects is reported in three of five surgical groups while
no side effects were described for any of the conservative
treatment options. (6)
SECOND OPINION IS VALUABLE
A second opinion before spine surgery is a worthy
idea. A study of 137 patients recommended to have lumbar spine
fusion at one institution found on second opinion at a multidisciplinary clinic
that 58% did not require surgery but rather non-surgical treatment.
Of those found to need surgery, the type of surgery was changed in
28% of the patients. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation as used at
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic has considerable success in treating
low back and neck pain and leg and arm pain. Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic utilizes
a spinal manipulation technique known as Cox Technic Flexion Distraction Decompression
which integrates placing the spine under distraction to
decompress nerves allowing normal spine motion to return. An
example is a paper reporting flexion–distraction spinal
manipulation used to relieve an L4-L5 disk extrusion causing L5 nerve root
radiculopathy in a 40 year old naval officer. (8)
MIND-BODY PRACTITIONERS (INCLUDING CHIROPRACTORS) HELP
A report of 674 emergency room adult visits revealed
that 500 (74.2%) patients had used at least
one mind body practitioner (MBP), defined as a chiropractor, acupuncturist,
yoga, or meditation practitioner. People going to them were quite a bit younger and tended
to have private health insurance. 33% saw a chiropractor. Such healthcare
consumers were significantly more liable
to believe that MBP prevented illness, treated illness, and was
safe, more effective than prescription medicines, supportive
of prescription medications, and more holistic. (9)
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Listen to a PODCAST about how
Cox Technic spinal manipulation benefits back
pain patients after back surgery (and even multiple back surgeries), patients
who have experienced back pain for a long time,
and patients
with low back and leg pain (sciatica).
Schedule a Montreal chiropractic appointment with
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic as you grow in the realization that
chiropractors - like your Montreal chiropractor, a true
Montreal back pain specialist – are appropriate for
the non-surgical treatment of Montreal spine pain and disability.
Medicine now recommends spinal manipulation, chiropractic’s forte,
as first line treatment for spine pain.