Spinal manipulation and back pain go hand in hand. Into
whose hands? Chiropractors’, most commonly! A new report drew
the attention of Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries as it explains the
current situation of spinal manipulation delivery. Your
Manchester chiropractor strives to be your
spinal manipulation healthcare provider, your back pain specialist, in
Manchester.
PROVIDERS OF SPINAL MANIPULATION
Medicare patients are older.
They encounter spine issues like back
pain and neck pain as a result of spinal stenosis. What is
the first line of treatment suggested? Spinal manipulation.
Which profession historically provides 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 now. Chiropractors are
still most commonly recognized for their delivery
of spinal manipulation. Medicare recognizes
it as well. A new study of the clinicians who use
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 treated anywhere
from 20 back pain sufferers out of 100,000 population in a state to
260 out of 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.
Unfortunately, the number of Medicare-active chiropractors decreased
from 47,102 in 2007 to 45,543 in 2015. Other kinds of clinicians
who deliver spinal manipulation increased from 700 to
1441. Even though chiropractors are the largest group of
spinal manipulation providers to Medicare beneficiaries, the general
supply of them is decreasing while the supply of
non-chiropractors providing spinal manipulation is rising.
(1) Developer of Cox® Technic, Dr. James Cox remembers Dr. Joseph
Janse, president of the National College of Chiropractic for 38 years and organizer
of the Council for Chiropractic Education which set up
federal accreditation for chiropractic, always told
the “young doctors” - as he referred to the chiropractic students
he mentored - “never stop delivering the chiropractic spinal adjustment.”
SPINAL MANIPULATION TECHNIQUES TAUGHT IN CHIROPRACTIC
SCHOOLS
Chiropractic schools aim to incorporate
evidence-based treatment techniques into the teaching curriculum of future chiropractors. A new survey of faculty at
one chiropractic school found that 81% of them were trained
in diversified technique and 52% in Cox® Technic. Most of the faculty agreed
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 positive 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 successful clinical practice in terms of easing
the pain of spine pain patients. Grounding the choice of which
techniques to teach on those that have
the best evidence behind them is important. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries appreciates
all the research documentation – biomechanical and clinical – behind the Cox®
Technic delivered in this Manchester chiropractic clinic.
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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 Manchester
chiropractic appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries now. Entrust
your back pain and neck pain into the hands of your chiropractor at
Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries who performs spinal manipulation every day, follows the research and protocols for safe, gentle, and pain alleviating
treatment based on research evidence. See you
soon!