Soldiers at War who Suffer From Back Pain, often Never Return to Duty
Back pain is a major expense and cause of disability to the private sector. Back pain is the largest cause of disability in workers, and is a vexing problem for insurance companies, employees, and for the workers themselves. Back pain is also a big problem at home, where quality of life really suffers when back pain holds you back from your family. 
They are seeing these problems in war too. It’s known that injured soldiers at Army medical bases get discharged often because of psychological problems from being exposed to the stresses of war. Now studies show that back pain is one of the great problems holding soldiers away from duty.
Fortunately, they have placed chiropractors in the Army Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. While most of the soldiers with back pain are treated conservatively, it will be interesting to see how the chiropractors there can change things for the patients there.
For the veterans here in Sonoma, the Veteran’s Administration pays for chiropractic care if approved by the VA. Usually, they will give you a handful of starter visits. If the care in our office shows continual benefit, they will approve more. If you are in the VA system, and you have back pain, you give our office a call to set up an appointment. We’ll help you out.
Todd Lloyd, DC
Chiropractor in Sonoma
Chiropractic is a great benefit for veterans and one they deserve!