Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain while not avoiding life. That is
also the goal of your New Roads chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership among the New Roads
back pain sufferer, the back pain care giver, and even the back pain payer (ie
Medicare).
CHIROPRACTIC ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ROLE
OF BACK PAIN PROVIDER
Being a chiropractor is amazing! A recent survey reported that chiropractors like
yours at New Roads Chiropractic Center relish their profession
most because they are able to decrease pain
as well as increase strength, flexibility, and power with
their patients via a thorough
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
noted as “being trained to diagnose” – the basis
for quality care and desirable clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your New Roads chiropractor concurs! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - particularly in managing spine pain
issues is a highlight of daily practice.
EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
AVAILABILITY: MD/Surgeon, DC, PCP
Researchers wondered
how a community’s healthcare workforce influenced the care of
low back pain sufferers. They found that one new spine surgeon
increased non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the addition of one primary care physician
decreased 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 mature
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor added 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 older adults. The researchers admit
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a certain
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one occurrence of low back pain and relocation) which resulted
in 402,372 persons in the study. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability affects
how much is spent on each beneficiary. The effect is altered
by provider type and whether the provider availability increases
or decreases. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly linked
with more spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community decreased spending. (3) In New Roads, back
pain sufferers get a partner at New Roads Chiropractic Center who can help
them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is recognizing
that the one who is really at the center of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person dealing with
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain is the chronic
issue, the low back pain sufferer self-manages most of
the time anyway and wants suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to pursue more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to manage pain (behavioral changes to manage
and prevent pain), and how to be confident in managing their pain independently. These all
take guidance from clinicians regarding education about the condition and the collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) New Roads back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at New Roads Chiropractic Center
must communicate how each views back
pain management to best reduce the
pain!
CONTACT New Roads Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and effectively
eases back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care practice to manage and prevent back pain.
Make your next New Roads
chiropractic appointment with New Roads Chiropractic Center now. In
conjunction with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, New Roads Chiropractic Center strives to offer
our New Roads spine pain patients a sense of control over their condition.