CHIROPRACTIC BENEFITS AND COVERAGE
Federally directed insurance coverage for chiropractic care tends to limit chiropractic despite
the benefits chiropractic provides recipients. For
example, chiropractic care for Medicare recipients seeing
chiropractors for back pain is merely covered for spinal manipulation
even though no evidence showing a
rise in serious risks related to
chiropractic care of back or neck pain for these Medicare
patients. As a matter of fact,
research has documented that chiropractic care improved
the time of recovery, lessened the number
of back surgeries in a year, reduced opioid-linked
disability, shrank the number of falls and traumatic injuries,
slowed the decline in activities of daily living and disability
over time, and reduced costs and medical doctor visits for
low back pain. (1) Another example is that regardless
of new professional and insurance guidelines for clinical
decision-making regarding back pain care, the Federal Employees Compensation
Act still requires x-rays for chiropractic care to be reimbursed
for care. (2) In place of imaging today, other less expensive
and more effective ways are research-documented to determine if spinal manipulation is suitable. Researchers are
so sophisticated as to be able to predict
which low back pain patients will respond to spinal manipulation as a
nonpharmacologic intervention recommended in clinical care guidelines today and
by how much depending on factors like medication and
exercise expectation, pain frequency, gender, height,
extension ability, response to STarT Back Tool questionnaire. (3) The benefits
of chiropractic care continue to expand and to be recorded,
just waiting to be recognized by insurers as our Plainville
chiropractic patients already do!. Layden Chiropractic provides pain-relieving care despite
the payment system.
Plainville CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
Glucosamine and Chondroitin: Not Just for The Disc Anymore!
Taking glucosamine/chondroitin supplements is more
and more described as positive. A new paper explains
that using this combo decreased
overall risk of early death about as effectively as routine
exercise. (The authors do not recommend not exercising though!) (4) Another study
of 77,510 supplement users found that people who used
glucosamine (alone or with chondroitin) were found to have a
significantly lower risk of death. Further, current users had
a significantly lower risk of death from cancer. (5) Even more specifically,
regular use of glucosamine was linked to a significantly
lower risk of total cardiovascular disease issues and death, coronary heart
disease and stroke. (6) Layden Chiropractic has certainly seen
the beneficial use of glucosamine and chondroitin to care for
degenerated discs associated with back pain
and neck pain. These other benefits just raise the bar for the
benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin. Are you taking yours? Let us
talk at your next Plainville chiropractic visit!
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needs and welcoming our chiropractic care into your life. Schedule your appointment today! See you at your next visit!
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