MORE ACCESS (IE, INSURANCE COVERAGE) TO CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
INCREASES USE OF CAM/CHIROPRACTIC
Access increases use. Access via insurance
coverage makes a difference in use. Use fosters
better clinical outcomes for West Palm Beach back pain and neck
pain patients. In 2016, Oregon made a plan to try to curb opioid prescriptions for back pain by availing complementary
and alternative medicine approaches to Medicaid patients. The outcome? A
rise in utilization of CAM: acupuncture from .3 to
5.6%, chiropractic .3 to 11.1%, 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 express
their desire for access to these CAM techniques.
With access, veterans showed high usage: 52% used any of these CAM
techniques, 44% massage, 37% chiropractic, 34% mindfulness,
24% meditation, 25% yoga. (2) Globally, despite COVID lockdowns and
restrictions, patients with spine-related issues maintained access to
input about their spinal conditions via
the Global Spine Care Initiative which steers doctors and
patients regarding spine pain care via live and
telehealth visits. (3) There is expanding
access to spine care 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 utilization of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management
to help a Vietnam veteran in Australia discover
back pain relief.
West Palm Beach CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
VITAMIN B AND EXERCISE Benefits: SPINE, MIND, BONE
B vitamins are so important for mood, energy,
focus, concentration, 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 depressed and
non-depressed young people. The researchers found that
lower physical activity levels (in steps, duration, and intensity) were associated
with higher levels of symptoms of depression. (5) An exercise and fortified milk intervention revealed
improvement in vitamin B-12 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to strengthen
bone formation and resorption. (6) This is beneficial considering osteoarthritis
(OA) treatment and prevention. OA is the degradation of cartilage,
the connective tissue made by chondrocytes. Physical activity is
recognized for its ability to counter OA by modulating
vitamin B6’s effect on the IL1β inflammatory cytokine of
OA. (7) B vitamins playperform an important role
in body and mind functions. Eat some
salmon, chicken, eggs, leafy vegetables, shiitake mushrooms, and Greek yogurt,
and chat with your West Palm Beach chiropractor at
Moses Chiropractic about other means to enhance your
exercise and vitamin B levels.
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