Dr Rhoda Lynn Benjamin

This corporate wellness week, keep in mind that regular chiropractic visits can help to reduce employee absenteeism and sick leave. After all, healthy employees are happy employees… and happy employees are productive employees!

Dr RHODA Benjamin is proud to be the Chiropractor to many of the performers at the spectacular AQUA CIRCUS.

GLAD TO BRING RELIEF TO YOUR PAIN.

Image: Aqua Circus – Durban | South Africa Found on Google from showme.co.za

The European Spine Journal recently published the 2018 Danish national guidelines for lower back pain, based on existing evidence on conservative and surgical treatment outcomes. These guidelines are aimed at lower back pain of recent onset and are hugely important due to the massive socioeconomic impact of this sort of pain. In fact in Denmark lower back pain is responsible for 10% of general practitioner visits and 20% of sick days!

Several recommendations were made, including continued physical activity, supervised exercise, and manual therapy (spinal mobilisation and manipulation) for pain relief.
The use of pain medication was recommended ONLY after careful consideration, and there was a recommendation against routine imaging such as xray or MRI.
There was also a recommendation against nerve root block injections.

If no improvement is made in 12 weeks of conservative care, then surgical consult is recommended.

Keep these guidelines in mind if you are battling with a recent onset of lower back pain and consider visiting a CASA chiropractor near you for assessment and treatment.

Find a chiropractor on www.chiropractic.co.za

Thank you to www.rrseducation.com for this research review.

Reference:
Non-Surgical Treatment of Recent Onset Low Back Pain or Lumbar Radiculopathy – Danish Clinical Guidelines. Stochkendahl MJ, Kjaer P, Hartvigsen J et al. European Spine Journal 2018; 27(1): 60-75. doi: 10.1007/s00586-017-5099-2.