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Low back pain is a leading cause of disability to people, and is the second most common reason of doctor visits. Low back pain costs the health world more than 100 billion dollars each year when talking about lost wages, reduced productivity, and legal and insurance costs.
NY Chiropractic Care has the solution for you: Spinal Manipulation. Researchers at the American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society have concluded that spinal manipulation is the number one treatment for low back pain, for those who do not improve with self care.
The Agency for Health Care Research and Quality concludes that spinal manipulation is just as effective, if not even more effective than medications that relieve low back pain and neck pain, of course without the medication’s side effects.
In 2013, a study was done to compare spinal manipulation an anti inflammatory drugs for treating low back pain. Spinal manipulation was found to be more effective in treating low back pain than a common drug, diclofenac. No side effects were present from the patients who had spinal manipulation. Another study in 2015 showed that prescription drugs have the ability to slow down the healing process of low back pain, even increasing the chance of osteoarthritis.
NY Chiropractic Care will treat your low back pain with spinal manipulation, along with the use of other conservative treatments like exercise training. These treatments are used much more at our NY chiropractic care clinic than any other medical doctor, physical therapist, and others. Come see us here if you are suffering from low back pain. We want to help to relieve your pain.
Contact us now. We have three simple ways you can make an appointment at our NYC chiro office:
Call now on (212)371 2000 or text (315)873-3095 or email us at Yo**********@***********NY.com
Dr Shan Sivendra MD is the founder and medical director of Back and Body Medical in Midtown Manhattan. A board-certified medical doctor, certified acupuncturist, and Director of House Physicians at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Dr Sivendra has been practicing in New York since 1995.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (affiliated with Mount Sinai School of Medicine) and received the Resident Research Award for three consecutive years.
Dr Sivendra has a background spanning internal medicine, pain management, and conservative spine rehabilitation, and was licensed in both the US and the UK.
At Back and Body Medical, he leads a multidisciplinary team of chiropractors, physical therapists, and acupuncturists dedicated to helping patients recover from pain without surgery or unnecessary medication.
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