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Low Back Pain ::
Sooner
or later, an amazing 8 of every 10 people in the United
States will suffer with low back pain. So many people have
found relief from back pain through chiropractic care that
chiropractors often are thought of as back doctors. Of course,
they do specialize in care of the spine, but spinal problems
can cause not only back pain but all sorts of health problems
throughout your body. Still, chiropractic care is indeed
effective for back pain. In fact, The US Agency for Health
Care Policy and Research recently appointed a panel of medical
experts who reviewed some 3,900 studies on care for acute
low back pain. The panel rejected bedrest, surgery (except
rare cases), injections into the back, and all oral prescription
drugs (such as antidepressants or steroids). In contrast,
they found that spinal manipulation, which usually is performed
by a chiropractor, "can be helpful for patients with
acute low back problems." For pain, they found over-the-counter
medications (aspirin, etc.) worked as well as prescriptions
but with fewer side effects.
There
are fewer studies on long-term chronic back pain than short-term
acute back pain. Still, a recent study in the respected
medical journal, Spine found chiropractic care beneficial
for ongoing chronic back pain. The traditional approach
for patients with chronic back pain has been back pain school
to teach patients how to cope and live with the pain. Chiropractic
care was compared to back pain school in this study, and
the chiropractic group did significantly better. The researchers
concluded, "Spinal manipulation is clinically useful
in chronic pain patients who have been suffering for seven
weeks or more."
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Pleasantville
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Pleasantville
Chiropractic Center is located in the northwestern part
of Pleasantville, close to its neighboring suburbs of Niles,
Ridgeville, Chesterton, Lake Lawn and Carlsbad.
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6587 N. Beautiful Ave.
Pleasantville, ST. 61234
(555) 555-5555
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