Pain Management Articles

Back surgery doesn’t always take away the pain.  Anesthesia can compromise immunity, and that is a very big problem. In today’s medical culture we have seen more surgical procedures than ever before. Back pain-surgery prevention will mean making the connection between health and back pain.

Surgery

This means that for back pain surgery may not be the best bet. First place to look is success rate.

Surgery is good for many conditions, but it takes credit for more than it can deliver. Surgery has lofty goals but it isn’t a strategy for health. It can solve an immediate problem, but if can make a whole set of new problems for some people.

Avoiding Back Surgery

Back surgery is a lucrative business. About 500,000 Americans undergo surgery each year for low back problems. This is according to the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, with a cost of $11 billion each year on operations to relieve the pain. The results aren’t always stellar. It doesn’t always bring the relief it promises.

According to a John Hopkins 2002 paper fewer than 5 percent of people with back pain are good candidates for surgery. For some people this is a costly mistake.

One of the biggest lessons from this is that it isn’t a substitute for a healthy lifestyle. Before you undergo any procedure, make sure you know your choices. Back pain is a good example, how many people know about upper cervical chiropractic care. If you did your homework you would have learned that it is a convenient none invasive highly successful treatment.

Back surgery should be the last resort, since it has been found that 1% of the patients benefited from the procedure.

Source of Back Pain

The hazards of surgery are many. It can weaken a spinal disk, and surgical treatment is no better than non-surgical treatment over the long term, according to a Johns Hopkins report.

There are many sources of back pain. But, it all comes down to the spine’s health. The one place that understands the incredible arrangement of bones, discs, ligaments, tendons, muscles an nerves are the upper cervical chiropractors. There are only about 55 upper cervical chiropractic centers in America. However, the number of centers are growing. There are many satisfied patients that are spreading the word that there is an alternative form of healing.

Back pain myths are so numerous, that identifying the cause of pain is difficult. The hazards of not using the right strategies for coping with relentless back aches can leave you dependent on pain pills.

Relief for back pain                   

When you are looking fro relief for low back pain the choices aren’t always clear.

Traditional ways are chiropractic care, anti-inflammatory agents, and surgery. Then there are osteopathic doctors, physical therapy, and acupuncture.

Many times none of the above provides relief. Since, it is estimated that 80% of the population will experience lower back pain sometime in their life, better treatments are needed.

Upper Cervical Chiropractics

Upper cervical chiropractics pick up the slack. This isn’t an ancillary treatment. It has become the primary vehicle for relief of low back pain. This is the real deal for one simple reason, you participate in the healing. All results come from your body in action.

We will present a series of videos that will give you an idea of the range of conditions that are helped by these treatments. This video explains what upper cervical chiropractic care can accomplish in a clear concise way.

I have experience the benefits of upper cervical corrections, and will talk about it in upcoming articles.

An aspirin a day is cause for concern for a few reasons.

People who take aspirin regularly for a year or more may be at an increased risk of developing Crohn’s disease, according to a new study by the University of East Anglia (UEA).The study led by Dr. Andrew Hart of UEA’s School of Medicine.

An Aspirin Is A Drug

Aspirins are so common that they are thought of a benign addition to a health plan. I am surprised that they are not included as a food group.

Aspirin is in a group of drugs called salicylates. Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) effective in treating fever, pain, and inflammation in the body.

As a group, NSAIDs are non-narcotic relievers of mild to moderate pain of many causes, including injury, menstrual cramps, arthritis, and other musculoskeletal conditions. Since the response to different NSAIDs varies from patient to patient, it is not unusual for a doctor to try different NSAIDs for any given condition.

Aspirin Crohn’s Disease Connection

There seems to be an aspirin Crohn’s disease connection. Crohn’s disease is characterized by inflammation and swelling by parts of the digestive system. It can put patients at risk for bowel cancer. There is some research that has shown that aspirin can have a harmful effect on the bowel. To investigate this potential link further, the UEA team followed 200,000 volunteers aged 30-74 in the Uk, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Italy. The volunteers had been recruited for the EPIC study (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) between 1993 and 1997.

The volunteers were all initially well, but by 2004 a small number had developed Crohn’s disease. When looking for differences in aspirin use between those who developed the disease, the researches discovered that those who took aspirin on a regular basis for a year or more were about five times more likely to develop Crohn’s disease.

Aspirin Causes Numerous Problems

Regular daily aspirin use has been linked to an increase in macular degeneration, a condition that causes blindness in older people. The long term use of aspirin this means 10 years or longer in associated with a 44% increase in a disabling form of cataracts, known as posterior subcapsular cataracts.

The North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology found that GERD was a growing problem in children, especially teenagers. NSAIDS, which include aspirin, showed up as one of the primary factors leading to reflux problems. Half of those with GERD problems, also reported a higher incidence of Asthma symptoms. Acid reflux can trigger attacks that mimic Asthma.

Researchers at Tel Aviv Medical Center found that daily aspirin, in doses of 75 – 325 mg could have a significant adverse effect on renal (kidney) function in elderly adults. After only two weeks in a study of 100 elderly patients were placed on daily aspirin, researchers began to document decreased kidney function. In 72% of the patients, the urinary excretion of creatinine decreased and in 65% of the patients, uric acid excretion decreased. Both decreases are known signs of kidney impairment. After the aspirin was discontinued in these patients, kidney function began to improve but 48% of the patients experienced some residual impairment as much as three weeks later.

Taking aspirin has been associated with increased loss of vitamin C in urine and has been linked to depletion of vitamin C.

Aspirin

Aspirins are at best a short term solution for an acute problem. When taken for a chronic condition they are not a long term solution. Aspirins are not something you pop in your mouth for a health condition. They aren’t a substitute for a sound lifestyle; just because they give immediate relief doesn’t mean they solved the problem. On the contrary they could be the long term problem.