MORE ACCESS (IE, INSURANCE COVERAGE) TO CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
INCREASES USE OF CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
Access boosts use. Access via insurance
coverage brings about use. Use increases
improved clinical outcomes for Orchard Park, NY back pain and neck
pain patients. Oregon set out in 2016
to find a way to curb opioid prescriptions for back pain by making complementary and alternative medicine
approaches available to Medicaid patients. The result? An increase in utilization of CAM: chiropractic .3 to 11.1%, acupuncture from .3
to 5.6%, massage from 1.6 to 14.8%, PT/OT from 6 to 17.7%. (1) That outcome
was in one state. Throughout the US, the Veterans Health
Administration is also working on availing veterans
of these care options. The VA is a big
healthcare system. Via survey, veterans express
their wish for access to these methods.
With access, veterans reported high usage: 52% used any of these CAM
methods, 44% massage, 37% chiropractic, 34% mindfulness,
24% meditation, 25% yoga. (2) Globally, in spite of COVID lockdowns and
restrictions, patients with spine-related issues had access to
input about their spine conditions via
the Global Spine Care Initiative which guides doctors and
patients for spine pain care via live and
telehealth appointments. (3) There is expanding
access to care for spine pain patients globally, nationally, and locally!
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joel Dixon
on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson
as he describes his use of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
to assist a Vietnam veteran in Australia realize
back pain relief.
Orchard Park, NY CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
VITAMIN B AND EXERCISE Benefits: SPINE, MIND, BONE
B vitamins are so important for concentration, mood, focus, energy, digestion, and
healthy heart muscle, skin, and hair. A deficiency in B vitamins may display
itself as constant stress, depression, or chronic fatigue. (4) A
study compared the consumption of tryptophan and/or
vitamin B6 foods and exercise in non-depressed and depressed young people. The researchers found that
lower physical activity levels (in steps, duration, and intensity) were linked to higher levels of symptoms of depression. (5) An exercise and fortified milk intervention exposed
improvement in vitamin B-12 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to strengthen
bone formation and resorption. (6) This is positive in
light of osteoarthritis
(OA) treatment and prevention. OA is the destruction of cartilage,
the connective tissue produced by chondrocytes. Physical activity is
known for its ability to offset OA by modulating
vitamin B6’s effect on the IL1β inflammatory cytokine of
OA. (7) B vitamins exhibit a crucial role
in body and mind functions. Eat some
salmon, chicken, eggs, leafy vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, and Greek yogurt,
and talk with your Orchard Park, NY chiropractor at
Novelli Wellness Center about other means to raise your
exercise and vitamin B levels.
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