Top Healthcare Organizations Recommend This for Low Back Pain
According to The Lancet, low back pain is the number one source of disability globally. And, if you’ve dealt with low back pain in the past, you understand how much it can alter your daily life. Even simply standing up straight can feel like an incredibly impossible task. Because of how debilitating it can be, many top healthcare organizations have begun to publish recommendations for the best ways to manage low back pain. Their suggestions may surprise you.
The care provided by chiropractors ranks at the top of many leading healthcare recommendations to relieve low back pain. Movement-based strategies such as spinal adjustments, controlled exercise, and dynamic stretching are some of the most effective ways to reduce low back issues. Not only are movement-based strategies good at providing fast relief, but emerging research shows that they may be able to offer a preventative effect when continued over time. The days of taking drugs and medications for back pain are over. Prescriptions are now rarely recommended as a first option due to their dangerous side effects and lack of results.
- The American College of Physicians supports chiropractic care for the treatment of back pain.
- Harvard Health and the Mayo Clinic have published numerous articles highlighting chiropractic and movement-based treatment options.
- Clinical care guidelines discourage the use of medication for back pain due to the risks, dangers, and lack of results.
We’re happy that major, trusted healthcare organizations have evolved to support natural ways to relieve low back pain. Contact iCare Chiropractic today if you or someone you know is struggling with back pain. Our practice can provide you with a thorough evaluation to determine the source of your problem and the treatment needed to help you find relief.
Science Sources:
- Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians (2017)
- Prevention and treatment of low back pain: evidence, challenges, and promising directions. The Lancet 2018
- Symptomatic MRI-Confirmed Lumbar Disk Herniation Patients: A Comparative Effectiveness Prospective Observational Study of 2 Age- and Sex-Matched Cohorts Treated with Either High-Velocity, Low Amplitude Spinal Manipulative Therapy or Imaging-Guided Lumbar Nerve Root Injections. JMPT 2013
- Does Maintained Spinal Manipulation Therapy for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain Result in Better Long-Term Outcome? SPINE 2011
- Spinal High-Velocity Low Amplitude Manipulation in Acute Nonspecific Low Back Pain. SPINE 2013
- Manipulation or microdiskectomy for sciatica? A Prospective Randomized Clinical Study. JMPT 2010
- Risk of Complications in Spine Surgery. Open Orthopaedics Journal 2015
