The spines of our veterans need beneficial
care. Veterans need access to chiropractic care - just like their fellow
Auburn chiropractic spine pain patients - and now can get
it. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is the Auburn back pain specialty center for
spine pain, back pain, neck pain, arm pain and leg pain relief for
Auburn veterans and Auburn back pain patients.
Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. offers relieving Auburn chiropractic care to any Auburn
back pain patients seeking back pain relief!
WHAT HAPPENS TO THEIR SPINES?
According to Veterans’
Administration (VA) data, “diseases of the musculoskeletal
system/connective system” like back pain are the chief
problems for veterans returning from the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars. (1) To what is it attribute? Most of us would think
it is because of carrying heavy backpacks
and weapons. (2) One study reports that back pain is found more in military construction and law enforcement personnel.
(3) Causes of back pain
for non-military folks like Auburn residents apply to military,
too, like injury, posture, daily activity, weight, stress, genetic defects,
etc.
RELIEF FOR A VETERAN
One military officer with a 20-year history of
mechanical back pain secondary to an injury suffered during active military duty experienced intermittent
radiation of numbness and tingling down the right leg to the knee. Chiropractic care delivered
him a 25% reduction in low back pain severity and a 22% decrease
in perceived disability. The course of conservative,
chiropractic management included 10 treatments of
lumbar flexion/distraction and activity modification over an 8-week
period. Even though he’d had this pain for some time, he gained
relief. (4) After 20 years, such reductions in pain and
disability would clearly be cheered by
Auburn back pain sufferers, too.
BENEFICIAL CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOR VETERANS’ SPINES INSTEAD OF
OPIOIDS
1999 was the year of the US law authorizing
the VA to offer chiropractic care via private sector
chiropractors. (5) From 2004 (the year the law was voted
for that chiropractic was to be accessible in the VA system)
to 2015, annual chiropractic VA patients increased by 821%,
chiropractic visits by 694%, number of clinics by 9%, chiropractic employees by
21%. (5) Recently, 70 VA facilities have chiropractors on
staff. (1) Nearly 100 VA facilities still provide little to none. (2) If a VA facility does not have a
chiropractor(s) on staff, veterans (if they ask) are allowed to get
a referral to a local chiropractor like yours at Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. for care. Many
do not know about this option or that they can be helped with chiropractic care. Chiropractic as a profession and
your Auburn chiropractic continue to educate the public about how it can reduce
musculoskeletal pain, back pain, sciatica, neck pain and arm radiculopathy, how
it can help with pain management. Today, many veterans - like many others in
the general population - are having issues with prescription
opioid pain drugs. (6) The opioid epidemic is everywhere; chiropractic care may assist in reducing its effects for military veterans as it does for
general population Auburn pain patients.
ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC EXPANDS IN THE U.S.
Chiropractic researchers try to make
sure that military personnel have access to chiropractic care. One
group created an integrated care pathway for doctors of
chiropractic, primary care providers, and mental health professionals who direct
the care of veterans with low back pain, with or without mental health
comorbidity, within Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care facilities.
(7) Lately, the US House approved expansion
of chiropractic services in the VA. Availability is to increase
to at least two medical centers/clinics in each Veterans Integrated
Service Network by December 31, 2019, and be at 50% of them by December 31, 2021.
(1) Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. welcomes the
confidence in chiropractic care this action shows.
CONTACT Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C.
Listen to this PODCAST
from The Back Doctors’ Podcast about a military veteran with
multiple spinal issues whose local chiropractor helped him find
relief.
Schedule a Auburn chiropractic appointment for
yourself or a loved one – military veteran or not. Dr. Le's Chiropractic & Wellness, L.L.C. is well
prepared to help alleviate the musculoskeletal spine pain and
back pain conditions of all sorts felt by military personnel and
military veterans with chiropractic care.