Posted on 01/28/2024 7:34:12 PM PST by ConservativeMind
A new study conducted by researchers sheds light on the potential benefits of chiropractic spinal manipulation (CSM) for adults experiencing ongoing sciatica following low back surgery. The study, titled "Association between spinal manipulative therapy and lumbar spine reoperation after discectomy: a retrospective cohort study," was recently published.
The researchers investigated whether adults receiving CSM for sciatica at least one year after lumbar discectomy would be less likely to undergo lumbar spine reoperation compared to matched controls not receiving CSM, over a two-year follow-up period.
Using a retrospective cohort study design, the research team analyzed data from a United States network of health records (TriNetX, Inc.) spanning from 2003 to 2023. The authors used a statistical technique called propensity matching to make the chiropractic and usual medical care cohorts similar according to age and other features. The study included a total of 756 patients, with a mean age of 61 years.
The study revealed that patients who received chiropractic spinal manipulation experienced a substantial 45% reduction in the likelihood of undergoing additional lumbar surgery compared to those who received usual medical care. Specifically, the proportion of patients undergoing lumbar spine reoperation was 7% in the chiropractic spinal manipulation group, significantly lower than the 13% in the usual medical care group.
Robert J Trager, DC, noted, "This is the largest study of its kind to date and shows promise for chiropractic spinal manipulation in this population. However, we need to be careful about interpreting the findings, considering it is an observational study."
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bkmk
All I can say is “ bullsh*t (cough)”.
Chiroquack burned rough several hundred dollars of my HSA before I went back in for second spine surgery.
Sorry to hear that...
I tweaked my lower back couple weeks ago and was considering a chiroquack if it doesn’t straighten up as it usually does.
I’ve never had surgery just heat rub and Aspirin.
Just because it didn’t work for you doesn’t mean it is BS.
Up until the age of 35, I suffered from severe, incapacitating back pain that would render me incapable of even getting out of bed to go to the bathroom.
I would be bedridden for 3-4 days, then walk around gingerly for another couple weeks, then be back to just back pain. Then, unpredictably, the pain would start again.
I did all the things the medical community (of which I am a part of) prescribed, from muscle relaxers and pain-killers to special exercises and rehab regimens, and nothing worked.
Out of desperation, my wife convinced me to go to a Chiropractor. I didn’t think it would help, but I was out of options. So I went. That was 35 years ago.
It changed my life. Since then, I have been able to live what is nearly a normal life because of Chiropractic.
Just because it doesn’t work for you doesn’t mean it can’t help millions of other people.
I’ve had excellent treatment from chiropractors most of my adult life. My husband recently suffered a painful and disabling injury lifting his disabled mother into a car. A good chiropractor fixed him up in a couple of weeks.
They need to include a third branch — those undertaking exercise therapy (stretching, strengthening, and cardio) and weight loss.
When my husband had his injury and I suggested a chiropractor, he was resistant. I think he had the idea that it was some vague, ‘quacky’ thing.
But after he’d been a couple of times, he swore by it. Since I began using chiropractors in the 1970s, they have new techniques and some amazing new machinery. I think chiropractic is only improving.
(I remember one orthopedist I saw who tried to rush me into surgery, saying that if I didn’t allow him to operate, I’d be back in a year ‘begging for it’. That was 35 years ago :-)
Btt
Chiropractic is one step removed from astrology and on a par with crystals and aroma therapy. Complete and utter bullshit.
History will show MDs and modern medicine are those doing the most damage. Chiropractic care has been around since late 1800s with virtually zero malpractice suit.
Chiropractic - A Superior Alternative for Proactive Healthcare
I had been described as a type A personality, until 2004 when I started seeing a chiropractor. By far the best thing I’ve ever done for my health.
1) The brain, spine and nervous system form in the first 7 hours after conception.
2) There are three 63 degree opposing arches in a healthy spine when viewed from the side.
3) Subluxations in the spine [ vertabrae out of alignment ] are often the root cause of many health problems and several signs of aging.
4) Approx 80% of all babies are born with spinal subluxations AND it only gets worse as we age. The stress and trauma of child-birth can cause subluxations for both mother and child.
5) The 3T’s of subluxation are traumas, toxins and thoughts. Most everyday stress is caused by internal factors, while traumas are normally the primary cause. Ongoing and persistent health problems often occur due to subluxations.
6) Most subluxations occur in the top 7 cervical vertabrae with the average human head weighing about the same as a bowling ball. Ever tried carrying a bowling ball around all day, not with your wrist underneath but with the ball 2-3 inches in front of your wrist? That’s what it’s like for your back with a forward-leaning posture (head in front of your shoulders when viewed from the side) and resulting in everyday stress.
7) The news media popularized the term ‘quacks’ when a chiropractor brought a lawsuit (Taylor vs AMA in 1971) against the American Medical Assn. Unfortunately, the MSM with it’s stranglehold on information convinced the general population that chiropractors are ‘quacks’ in spite of Taylor winning the lawsuit!
After just my 1st adjustment the stress-relief alone confirmed I needed this all of my life. I highly recommend the book “Chicken Soup for the Chiropractic Soul” by Jack Canfield, but you’ll probably need to buy online. Virtually no bookstore nor library I’ve encountered stocks it. It has many case studies that witness to the life-changing power of this procedure. Chiropractors follow the hipocratic oath of “First do no harm.”
My son has 2 discs in his lumbar region that have caused him severe pain for 5 years.
He went to a chiropractor for 2 years and it helped for about a week before it was back to being painful again.
He is seeing a surgeon this week to shave down the disc’s and hopefully relive the pain.
I WISH this chiropractor stuff worked, but it doesn’t.
I’ve had lower back problems due to disk compression and over exertion, probably from playing a lot of golf and working out at a gym as part of my weight loss efforts, and as diagnosed by an orthopedic.
After a course of anti-inflammatories, a short course of steroids and muscle relaxers, he sent me to what he called “Back School”, i.e. physical therapy.
The PT who did my initial intake found by looking at my x-rays and from a physical exam that my pelvis was tilted both upwards and sideways. She also found I had extreme muscle tightness in not only my back but in my hamstrings and calves.
The PT involved heat treatment and TENS and also stretching exercises, and core stability exercises and deep massages focusing on relieving the muscle tightness that was more prevalent on my right side.
I was amazed how well it worked, especially when I continued the stretching and exercising at home. At PT I also learned proper lifting technics and even things like how to get into and out of a car without twisting my back.
But a few years later I got a bad flare up and my boss recommended I go to her Chiropractor.
The Chiropractor had me come at least twice a day and the treatments were painful but did seem to provide some relief, but it was very short lived. He was happy to treat me (and trying to sell me unnecessary dietary supplements and Shakra Crystals and aroma therapy) until what my insurance would pay ran out.
What I subsequently learned was that most episodes of lower back pain will resolve within a few weeks without any treatment. But the Chiropractic treatment as opposed to the PT, did nothing for me and actually made it worse.
I went back to doing the stretches and exercises that the PT recommended and haven’t had a flair up since.
That was my point...I work in the medical field, so I have seen the absolute resistance to Chiropractic, which percolates from “established” medical disciplines such as Orthopedic Surgery out into the patient population, which really pisses me off.
It is this absolutely stupid characterization of Chiropractic as “quackery” that has made it difficult to get any kind of significant insurance coverage for it.
Intelligent people should understand that Chiropractic does not work for everyone in every case. News flash: treatment by traditional Orthopedic methods and practices don’t work for everyone in every case either.
And in some cases, those traditional Orthopedic methods and practices not only don’t work, but leave the patient worse off, in more pain, and more debilitated than they were before, especially if they undergo surgery.
Cutting into someone’s spine should only be done after all non surgical options have been evaluated and, if appropriate, attempted.
That key phrase “evaluated and, if appropriate, attempted” is all important too, because that involves evaluating the underlying cause of the issue, and just as there are reasons one should choose Chiropractic over traditional treatment by an Orthopedic Surgeon, there are also reasons one should choose traditional treatment by an Orthopedic Surgeon over Chiropractic.
For at least the last 30 years or more, Chiropractors have been trained in the process of professionally evaluating their patients who present to them for treatment to determine if there is a more serious underlying cause of the pain that a misalignment, and it is something that they pay close attention to, because performing and adjustment on someone who has a serious physical issue such as a fractured vertebra or an injured disc is at risk for serious injury.
Chiropractic saved my quality of life. I go about once a month, and it is the best money I have spent. Much of the time I am nearly pain free.
You are completely and wholly ignorant on this.
Only an ignorant fool would think that Chiropractic works in all cases, and only an ignorant fool would think that back surgery is going to improve a situation in all cases.
But we have plenty of ignorant fools here so there is no shortage of them.
I shared my story. My son tried one thing that didn’t work so he’s trying another.
But thanks for implying that im an ignorant fool.
No, I did not imply at all that you are an ignorant fool, and I do not think you are based on your post.
You did not in any way issue a blanket denunciation of Chiropractic based on one visit to one provider that may or may not have worked, calling all of them “quacks”.
You are doing what any sensible, thoughtful, and critically thinking person might do in the event a treatment provided little or no relief, and that is to get another opinion, or go to a different chiropractor or clinician.
That is what wise people do. I didn’t hear you say all Chiropractic clinicians are quacks.
People forget that clinicians, Physician or Chiropractic, are human, and fallible. Some of them are really good, and some of them are really bad. If one does not get relief, you try another. That is accepted practice. You don’t decry the entire population based on one experience, as some people do.
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