All Benefit when DCs and MDs Work Together
Doctors working together benefits patients. Working with a Sandy Springs healthcare colleague to help one of our Sandy Springs chiropractic patients is always an honor! A new study shows that when family medicine residents and chiropractors cooperatively care for older patients with back pain, everyone wins. Patients liked it. Both types of doctors liked getting to know each other’s treatment approaches. (1) While another study reveals that multidisciplinary conferences connecting many types of doctors lessen the use of spinal fusion for low back and improve the matching of surgical type to the proper patient type. (2) It is all good! Cross Chiropractic Center is ready to help!
Appropriate Timing for Back or Neck Surgery
It’s found that 88% of cervical radiculopathy patients and 70% of lumbar radiculopathy patients show improvement within 4 weeks of symptom onset. Therefore, optimal timing for surgery for cervical radiculopathy (arm/upper extremity pain) is within 8 weeks of symptoms though 4 weeks may be contemplated and between 4 and 8 weeks for lumbar radiculopathy (leg/lower extremity pain). (3) Naturally, Cross Chiropractic Center works toward surgery necessity but knows when to refer appropriate patients for surgical care. There are times when it is. Trust Cross Chiropractic Center for your back and neck pain care needs.
Healthy Eating!
It’s not just a motto! Healthy eating improves bone mineral density and lowers the risk of osteoporosis. Those who consume more vegetables and fruits have less osteoposis and higher bone mineral density in middle and older age. And to cheer those Sandy Springs chiropractic patients who don’t like veggies as much, fruit seems to contribute more positively than vegetables. (4) Less osteoporosis can potentially mean less back pain later in life, so enjoy some veggies and fruit today!
Vitamin D and Back Pain
Sandy Springs chronic low back pain sufferers who also have low vitamin D levels benefit from vitamin D supplementation. Improved vitamin D levels via supplementation show lowered pain intensity and better function ability in chronic low back pain patients. (5) Cross Chiropractic Center thinks it’s nice that a simple intervention as a nutritional supplement may have such a powerful impact on back pain!
Cervical Spine and Tinnitus Related
Everything is connected! Cross Chiropractic Center knows this to be true! Researchers suggest that tinnitus may be helped when cervical spine disorders are alleviated. There’s a connection between the dorsal cochlear nucleus in the auditory pathway and the cervical spine. (6) Does tinnitus with a cervical spine condition upset you? A Sandy Springs friend? Cross Chiropractic Center offers gentle chiropractic care to help them both potentially! Sandy Springs chiropractic may help.
Osteoporosis and Obesity – The Link
It’s usually thought that osteoporosis happens in thin people. Cross Chiropractic Center often thought that. But not now! New research finds that obesity is a big risk factor for osteoporosis since fat is used by inflammatory cytokines to negatively control bone metabolism. (7) Now, that’s new news. All of us Sandy Springs folks – thin and overweight – need to be aware of osteoporosis risk and how to prevent it.
So did any of these issues catch your attention? Yes? Make a Sandy Springs chiropractic appointment today with Cross Chiropractic Center. What a great first step toward relief!