Spinal manipulation and back pain go hand in hand. Into
whose hands? Chiropractors’, most commonly! A new report drew
the attention of The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR as it describes the
current situation of spinal manipulation delivery. Your
Colorado Springs chiropractor puts forth effort to be your
spinal manipulation healthcare provider, your back pain specialist, in
Colorado Springs.
PROVIDERS OF SPINAL MANIPULATION
Medicare patients are of the older persuasion.
They face spine issues like back
pain and neck pain as a result of spinal stenosis. What is
the first line of treatment recommended? Spinal manipulation.
Which profession historically gives the majority of
spinal manipulation (SMT) care? Chiropractic. Osteopathy provided SMT more heavily in its beginning professional years. Some massage therapists and
physical therapists do today. Chiropractors are
still most commonly known for their delivery
of spinal manipulation. Medicare sees
it as well. A new study of the clinicians who give
spinal manipulation tried to discover more about this since spinal
manipulation was a suggested first-line treatment for low
back pain. They found that 97% to 98% of the spinal
manipulation providers were chiropractors. They served anywhere
from 20 back pain sufferers out of 100,000 population in a state to
260 per 100,000 in another state. Not every location has that
many chiropractors. Other spinal manipulation providers care
for 1 in 100,000 to 8 in 100,000. Spinal manipulation clinicians are used.
Sadly, the number of Medicare-active chiropractors decreased
from 47,102 in 2007 to 45,543 in 2015. Other types of clinicians
who deliver spinal manipulation increased from 700 to
1441. Even though chiropractors are the majority of
spinal manipulation providers to Medicare beneficiaries, the overall
supply of them is falling while the supply of
non-chiropractors delivering spinal manipulation is growing.
(1) Developer of Cox® Technic, Dr. James Cox remembers Dr. Joseph
Janse, president of the National College of Chiropractic for 38 years and founder
of the Council for Chiropractic Education which founded
federal accreditation for chiropractic, always reminded
the “young doctors” - as he called the chiropractic students
he mentored - “never stop delivering the chiropractic spinal adjustment.”
SPINAL MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES TAUGHT IN CHIROPRACTIC
SCHOOLS
Chiropractic schools strive to include
evidence-based treatment techniques into the teaching curriculum of chiropractors
of the future. A new survey of faculty at
one chiropractic school discovered that 81% of them were skilled
in diversified technique and 52% in Cox® Technic. Most of the faculty concurred
that diversified (93%), Cox (89%), Thompson (74%), SOT (54%) and Activator
(52%) techniques would be valuable techniques for their future chiropractors to
be educated via elective courses. Nearly all, 96%, of
the survey responders deemed preclinical technique
courses were a beneficial idea. 81% felt elective technique courses were valuable. (2) Certainly,
exposure to well-documented and researched techniques in chiropractic school is
important to set up a future chiropractor’s
foundation for a productive clinical practice in terms of relieving
the pain of spine pain patients. Basing the choice of which
techniques to teach on those that have
the best evidence behind them is important. The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR appreciates
all the research documentation – biomechanical and clinical – behind the Cox®
Technic delivered in this Colorado Springs chiropractic clinic.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Katrina Wieland on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as she explains how the Cox®
Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped relieve low back pain for this military veteran.
Make your next Colorado Springs
chiropractic appointment with The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR soon. Entrust
your back pain and neck pain into the hands of your chiropractor at
The Chiropractic TRUhealthDR who delivers spinal manipulation every day, keeps
track of the research and protocols for safe, gentle, and pain alleviating
treatment based on research evidence. See you
soon!