Chiropractic Care for Neck And Back Pain
Date:
03/01/2011
Chiropractic care for neck and back pain is now available for the first time in a Turkish hospital environment at Anadolu Medical Center. Approved by the World Health Organization, chiropractic is an approach with remarkable success especially in mechanical disorders of the neuro musculo-skeletal system. While it is a fairly new concept to Turkish people, chiropractic has a long history elsewhere around the world. The approach includes the adjustment of vertebral subluxations in the spine, in the pelvis and related joints Subluxations are misalignments of bones which cause nerve pressure and alter important body functions. It is not recommended for conditions which require surgery or have infectious background.
Dr. Burak Esendal, chiropractic specialist at the Anadolu Medical Center, studied medicine in Switzerland prior to receiving his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in Davenport, Iowa, USA. Davenport is considered to be the fountainhead of chiropractic. Dr. Burak Esendal stated that chiropractic was a health care profession approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) and was currently performed in 89 countries. Despite its popularity in the USA and Europe, he underlined, that it was almost nonexistant in Turkey and added:
“Chiropractic is a holistic approach to human health which considers the human body to be inherently self healing. The goal with chiropractic is the protection of general health through natural means and building resistance rather than just relieving symptoms. Chiropactors work on the nervous system. The nervous system starts from the brain and goes through the spine before it branches out to the rest of the body. This communication web controls various functions such as sleep, the immune system and physical coordination. Subluxations unnatural to the spine alter nerve communication, causing problems in certain body functions. The chiropractor adjusts these spinal misalignments to essentially help the body regain its self healing capacity via the nervous system.”
Dr. Burak Esendal said that through precise adjustments, related joints are maneuvered to their original position and pressure on pinched nerves is released. He further comments: “the most important phase of care is the spinal adjustment. Apart from this, patient care includes rehabilitative exercises, complementary procedures and lifestyle counseling”.
There are over 250 technıques used in chiropractic . All were developed over time by chiropractors who named the techniques after themselves.One of the most specific approach is the Gonstead method which is used at Anadolu Medical Center.
Dr. Burak Esendal asserts that chiropractic is not performed in acute fractures, spinal cord tumors or infectious diseases. Problems related to stress too are in its scope as well as head aches which are related to the nervous system. Mechanical disorders in feet, knees and other joints are also known to respond well to chiropractic care. Dr. Esendal says that patients in the USA and in Europe visit chiropractors especially for neck and back pain. Care is mainly recommended for active adults between 18-65 years of age..
Visible effects from day one
Chiropractic care sessions start after the initial consultation. Sessions usually last 15 minutes. The course of care varies depending on the patient’s condition. Drugs and physiotherapy may also be applied if necessary. The patient may be given weekly, monthly or quarterly sessions. Factors such as age, profession, nutrition and daily activity level of the patient play a role in the number and frequency of the sessions.
In the first stage, the goal is to give symptomatic relief to the patient. The levels of back pain and neck pain decrease at this stage. In the second stage, the biomechanics of the spine are positively altered and corrected over time. The patient is stabilized in the third stage, and is recommended to continue with periodical spinal checkups. The individual is now healthy with an improved quality of life.
The inclusion of chiropractic at Anadolu Medical Center brings a new perspective to the “Spine Counsel”. The multidisciplinary counsel which comprises departments such as Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Neurosurgery and Algology can now make use of an additional approach to take care of patients with complex spinal diseases.
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