STUDIES: Prevent and Manage Chronic Low Back Pain Successfully
10/25/21 • 17 min
Nearly everyone will experience lower back pain at some point. Proper management of acute episodes can prevent the onset of chronic pain. Proper management means following the guidelines, yet the research says practitioners in the US often use standalone steroids, surgical referrals, and opioid medications in non-concordant care. What are the guidelines? Are you compliant?
If your patients are already dealing with chronic pain, how can you manage their cases successfully? When non-drug therapies like laser therapy are provided, patients will be at much lower risk of alcohol and substance abuse, less suicidal ideation and attempts, and improved quality of life.
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Studies mentioned in this episode
- Risk factors associated with transition from acute to chronic low back pain in United States patients seeking primary care.
- Non-pharmacological Treatment of Army Service Members with Chronic Pain Associated with Fewer Adverse Outcomes After Transition to the Veterans Health Administration.
Further Resources:
Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Nearly everyone will experience lower back pain at some point. Proper management of acute episodes can prevent the onset of chronic pain. Proper management means following the guidelines, yet the research says practitioners in the US often use standalone steroids, surgical referrals, and opioid medications in non-concordant care. What are the guidelines? Are you compliant?
If your patients are already dealing with chronic pain, how can you manage their cases successfully? When non-drug therapies like laser therapy are provided, patients will be at much lower risk of alcohol and substance abuse, less suicidal ideation and attempts, and improved quality of life.
Sign up for our weekly e-newsletter LINK
Studies mentioned in this episode
- Risk factors associated with transition from acute to chronic low back pain in United States patients seeking primary care.
- Non-pharmacological Treatment of Army Service Members with Chronic Pain Associated with Fewer Adverse Outcomes After Transition to the Veterans Health Administration.
Further Resources:
Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
Check out these FREE Provider ResourcesLearn more about what we offer on the LTI website
Find out how you can Customize your LTI experience
Related Podcast for Patients
Healing at the Speed of Light
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STUDY: PBM for Opioid Use Disorder
This episode directly follows-up episode 31 on opioid addiction and light therapy. The study being reviewed today was done by the same group of researchers and was published in August of 2021. Medication management of opioid use disorders tends to have problems like relapse and dropout, but photobiomodulation used on only one hemisphere of the brain, with or without buprenorphine, was found to be superior to sham in reducing opioid cravings. Listen to find out how they conducted this study and the factors they took into account.
Episode mentioned in this episode
Episode 31 - STUDY: Laser Treatment for Opioid Addiction
Studies mentioned in this episode
Further Resources:
Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Next Episode
INTERVIEW: Dr. Fred Schiffer on Dual Brain Psychology and Photobiomodulation
In this hour-long episode, Dr. Rountree is joined by Dr. Fredric Schiffer, a board-certified physician, and psychiatrist who is a research associate at McLean Hospital. Dr. Schiffer and his associates have published stunning new research on using light to stimulate the brain directly. Dr. Schiffer discusses his concept of dual brain psychology and photobiomodulation for opioid use disorders, addiction, anxiety, PTSD, and depression.
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Studies mentioned in this episode:
A Novel Treatment of Opioid Cravings With an Effect Size of .73 for Unilateral Transcranial Photobiomodulation Over Sham
LTI podcast summary - STUDY: Laser Treatment for Opioid Addiction
An Effective and Safe Novel Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Unilateral Transcranial Photobiomodulation
LTI podcast summary - STUDY: PBM for Opioid Use Disorder
Dr. Shiffer's book: Of Two Minds
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Further Resources:
Success with Laser Therapy Flowchart & Checklist Infographic
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Related Podcast for Patients
Healing at the Speed of Light
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