January 2020 Healthy News from Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries: Chiropractic for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Pain Relief and Glucosamine for Back and Joint Cartilage

For many Manchester back pain patients, back surgery appears like it is the answer…until it is not. Statistics show that upwards of 50% of patients who choose back surgery have the same or worse pain at some point in the future...12 months later, 10 years, etc. (1,2,3) What comes next? Another surgery? For some Manchester failed back surgical syndrome (FBSS) patients, yes. For other FBSS patients, no. Occasionally another surgery is by necessity, sometimes by choice. There’re other choices though. Even spine surgeons are searching for the next step for such patients. The multidisciplinary approach is highly thought of to make post-surgical continued pain (PSCP) care more uniform among surgical practices and improve patient outcomes. Researchers are just now trying to determine what the “uniform care” should be. (4) Other researchers admit that evidence is not very strong for the use of medications and reoperations to contend with failed back surgical syndrome patients. Active exercise has strong evidence. For some of the worst FBSS chronic pain patients, spinal cord stimulators are used. (5) Chronic back pain patients who are proactive in dealing with their pain by exercising and checking out other self-care coping strategies suggested by their chiropractors - like your Manchester chiropractor may do – find they deal with with their pain better. (6) A particular study of 69 post-surgical continued pain patients (aka FBSS) treated with the chiropractic Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management found that 81% of FBSS/PSCP patients undergoing a mean of 11 treatment visits over a 49 day period of active care stated that they got more than 50% pain relief at the end of 3 months’ active care. At 24 months, only 16% had additional surgery while 82% reported pain relief of more than 50%. (7) Chiropractic spinal manipulation is a viable, evidence-based option before back surgery (and recommended prior to back surgery by organizations like the American Pain Society and the American College of Family Physicians (11)) and after back surgery. Your Manchester chiropractor has just the treatment plan to relieve and control your and a loved one’s back pain. Set up an appointment today!

Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Lee Hazen on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he presents the treatment of post-surgical continued pain/failed back surgical syndrome patients using The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. There’s hope!

Glucosamine sulfate benefits cartilage and joints found all over the body like the spine and knee. It is physiologically part of the body. Glucosamine sulfate halts the destruction of cartilage and decreases osteoarthritic pain. It reduces destruction of cartilage by stopping the enzymes that do that. It inhibits damage of corticosteroids on chondrocytes and NSAIDS on glycosaminoglycan synthesis necessary for cartilage health. It is even written to be a “stimulator of tissue regeneration.” (8) For those suffering with osteoarthritis – the most common joint disease and common cause of joint pain, functional loss and disability – taking glucosamine along with NSAID treatment like meloxicam deterred the inflammatory issue accompanying osteoarthritis by reducing the levels of interleukin 1ß. (9) Glucosamine sulfate taken orally decreased lower back pain as effectively as NSAIDs and didn’t push glucose levels out of their normal limit. (10) Let’s talk about how glucosamine sulfate may help you manage your Manchester back pain and joint pain.

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Schedule your next Manchester chiropractic appointment today with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. Manchester back pain whether it’s been surgically managed or not is welcome at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries where chiropractic care with spinal manipulation and glucosamine help sufferers get relief and a sense of control.

May 2020 be your year of back pain relief solutions with Manchester chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries!