A recent study in Spine Journal revealed
that the annual cost of low back pain was a staggering $12 billion in this
country alone. While countless studies
has shown the efficacy of chiropractic as a treatment for back pain, the Manga
report done in Ontario demonstrated that: “(1) chiropractic manipulation is
safer than medical management for low back pain; (2) that spinal
manipulation is less safe and effective when performed by non-chiropractic
professionals; (3) that there is an overwhelming body of evidence
indicating that chiropractic management of low-back pain is more cost-effective
than medical management; (4) and that there would be highly significant cost savings if more management of LBP
was transferred from medical physicians to chiropractors.”
This week I would like to share a tip that
can often be a complicating factor of low back pain. This tip specifically addresses a problem men
deal with on a daily basis. When you
sit, please take your wallet out of your back pocket. I cannot tell you how many times I have seen
this simple modification help resolve and prevent back pain from reoccurring. When you sit as opposed to standing, you put
about 12 times more pressure on your pelvic joints and sitting on a wallet on
one side can throw you out of alignment.
I always tell patients that sitting on a wallet is like driving your car
with 18 inch tires on one side and 14 inch tires on the other – it will always
throw you out of balance and create excessive wear-and-tear on your pelvic
joints and lumbar spine and discs.
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| Brian Sides, DC |
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