January 2020 Healthy News from Amelia Chiropractic Clinic: Chiropractic for Failed Back Surgery Syndrome Pain Relief and Glucosamine for Back and Joint Cartilage

For many Fernandina Beach back pain patients, back surgery appears like it is the answer…until it’s not. Statistics show that nearly 50% of patients who choose back surgery have the same or worse pain at some point in the future...a year, 10 years, etc. (1,2,3) What’s next? Another surgery? For some Fernandina Beach failed back surgical syndrome (FBSS) patients, yes. For others, no. Occasionally a second surgery is by necessity, sometimes by choice. There’re other choices though. Even spine surgeons are questioning the next step for such patients. The multidisciplinary approach is well respected to make post-surgical continued pain (PSCP) care more uniform among surgical practices and improve patient outcomes. Researchers are just now trying to establish what the “uniform care” should be. (4) Other researchers concede that evidence is weak for the use of medications and reoperations to deal 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 trying other self-care coping strategies offered by their chiropractors - like your Fernandina Beach chiropractor may do – discover that they manage 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 reported 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 feasible, 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 Fernandina Beach chiropractor has just the treatment plan to relieve and control your and a loved one’s back pain. Make an appointment today!

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

Glucosamine sulfate benefits cartilage and joints found throughout the body like the spine and knee. It is physiologically part of the body. Glucosamine sulfate stops the destruction of cartilage and reduces osteoarthritic pain. It slows destruction of cartilage by halting the enzymes that do that. It inhibits damage of corticosteroids on chondrocytes and NSAIDS on glycosaminoglycan synthesis necessary for cartilage health. It’s 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 decreasing the levels of interleukin 1ß. (9) Glucosamine sulfate taken orally reduced lower back pain as effectively as NSAIDs and did not push glucose levels out of their normal limit. (10) Let’s talk about how glucosamine sulfate may help you control your Fernandina Beach back pain and joint pain.

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Schedule your next Fernandina Beach chiropractic appointment today with Amelia Chiropractic Clinic. Fernandina Beach back pain whether it has been surgically managed or not is invited to Amelia Chiropractic Clinic where chiropractic care with spinal manipulation and glucosamine help sufferers find relief and a sense of control.

May 2020 be your year of back pain relief solutions with Fernandina Beach chiropractic care at Amelia Chiropractic Clinic!