Medicare typically allows 12 chiropractic treatments (visits) per year.
However, certain things that often go along with aging are considered by Medicare to justify an extended, or longer term, of chiropractic care.
These conditions, called “co-morbidities,” may complicate, or impede healing, making the number of treatments necessary to resolve a chiropractic problem greater.
A common co-morbidity is spinal disc degeneration, usually associated with spondylosis, or bony spur formation around vertebral edges. Another term for this is DJD, or degenerative joint disease.
Sciatica, spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), and foraminal encroachment (narrowing of the opening(s) where the nerves exit the spine) are also co-morbidities, as are health conditions which may complicate or impede healing such as diabetes and osteoporosis.
