MORE ACCESS (IE, INSURANCE COVERAGE) TO CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
INCREASES USE OF CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
Access increases use. Access via insurance
coverage brings about use. Use increases
improved clinical outcomes for Vancouver 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 use 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 result
was in one state. Throughout the US, the Veterans Health
Administration is also putting effort into making these care options more available. The VA is a big
healthcare system. Via survey, veterans convey
their desire for access to these CAM techniques.
With access, veterans showed high usage: 52% used any of these approaches, 44% massage, 37% chiropractic, 34% mindfulness,
24% meditation, 25% yoga. (2) Throughout
the world, despite COVID lockdowns and
restrictions, patients with spine-related issues maintained access to
input regarding their spinal conditions via
the Global Spine Care Initiative which steers doctors and
patients for spine pain care via telehealth and live visits. (3) There is growing
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 help a Vietnam veteran in Australia experience
back pain relief.
Vancouver 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
report compared the intake of tryptophan and/or
vitamin B6 foods and exercise in non-depressed and depressed young people. The researchers discovered that
lower physical activity levels (in steps, duration, and intensity) were linked to higher levels of depressive
symptoms. (5) An exercise and fortified milk intervention exposed
improvement in vitamin B-12 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to reinforce
bone formation and resorption. (6) This is beneficial considering osteoarthritis
(OA) treatment and prevention. OA is the destruction of cartilage,
the connective tissue made by chondrocytes. Physical activity is
known for its ability to counter OA by modulating
vitamin B6’s effect on the IL1β inflammatory cytokine of
OA. (7) B vitamins exhibit a crucial role
in the functioning of mind and body. Eat some
salmon, chicken, eggs, leafy vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, and Greek yogurt,
and talk with your Vancouver chiropractor at
Vancouver Spine Care Centre about other ways to raise your
exercise and vitamin B levels.
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