CHIROPRACTIC BENEFITS AND COVERAGE
Federally directed insurance coverage for chiropractic care tends to restrict chiropractic regardless of
the benefits chiropractic provides recipients. For
example, chiropractic care for Medicare recipients seeing
chiropractors for back pain is merely covered for spinal manipulation
even though a lack of evidence demonstrating a
rise in serious risks related to
chiropractic care of back or neck pain for these Medicare
patients. As a matter of fact,
research has documented that chiropractic care sped up recovery, decreased the number
of back surgeries in a year, lessened opioid-linked
disability, diminished the number of falls and traumatic injuries,
reduced the decline in activities of daily living and disability
over time, and lessened the costs and medical doctor visits for
low back pain. (1) Another case in point is that regardless
of new professional and insurance guidelines for clinical
decision-making regarding back pain care, the Federal Employees Compensation
Act still requires x-rays for chiropractic care to be reimbursed
for care. (2) Rather than imaging today, other less expensive
and more effective ways are research-documented to ascertain if spinal manipulation is suitable. Researchers are
so sophisticated as to be able to predict
which low back pain patients will respond to spinal manipulation as a
nonpharmacologic intervention recommended in clinical care guidelines today and
by how much depending on factors like medication and
exercise expectation, pain frequency, gender, height,
extension ability, response to STarT Back Tool questionnaire. (3) The benefits
of chiropractic care continue to grow and to be recorded,
ready to be acknowledged by insurers like they are already
acknowledged by West Palm Beach back pain and
neck pain recipients. Moses Chiropractic provides pain-relieving care despite
the payment system.
West Palm Beach CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:
Glucosamine and Chondroitin: Not Just for The Disc Anymore!
Taking glucosamine/chondroitin supplements is more
and more described as positive. A recent paper states
that using this combo decreased
overall risk of early death about as efficiently as routine
exercise. (The authors do not recommend not exercising though!) (4) Another study
of 77,510 supplement users found that people who used
glucosamine (alone or with chondroitin) were found to have a
significantly lower risk of death. Further, current users had
a significantly lower risk of death from cancer. (5) Even more specifically,
regular use of glucosamine was associated with a significantly
lower risk of total cardiovascular disease issues and death, coronary heart
disease and stroke. (6) Moses Chiropractic has indeed seen
the beneficial use of glucosamine and chondroitin to care for
degenerative discs related to back pain
and neck pain. These other benefits just raise the bar for the
benefit of glucosamine and chondroitin. Are you taking yours? Let us
talk at your next West Palm Beach chiropractic visit!
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