February 2025 Healthy News from OrthoIllinois Chiropractic Chiropractic Identity, Exercise, Attire

A new study by Leduc in January 2025 concluded that what we chiropractors wear influences our patients’ perception of us, including your McHenry chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic. Good to know! Scrubs make us look more knowledgeable, trustworthy, competent, professional and comfortable. White coats and formal wear came in second place. For women chiropractors, the white coat was more positive for them than when worn by men. (1) Curiously, this attire issue does not concern only chiropractors. A study conducted in Saudi Arabia on patient perceptions of surgeons based on their attire found that patients preferred scrubs and white coats. These preferences were accredited to perceived hygiene as well as the image of dedication and expertise transmitted by such attire. (2) Beyond their attire, chiropractors are working to refine their professional identity to better interact other healthcare colleagues who – according to other articles like the surgeon attire one – also work to refine their image and identity for their patients and collegial interactions. (3) One paper boldly resolved that “although the chiropractic profession may debate internally about its professional identity, the chiropractic identity seems to have already been established by society, practice, legislation, and education as a profession of health care providers whose area of expertise is spine care.” (4) Starting with spine care is good for OrthoIllinois Chiropractic! We know through experience that spine pain relief leads to our patients’ trusting us with other health issues. Bring on your McHenry back pain and neck pain! We’ll put on our best scrubs, clothes and/or white coats! Together,  let’s, you and OrthoIllinois Chiropractic, work on getting you feeling better!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the addition of exercise and The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to reduce chronic low back pain.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise for just 10 minutes!

Have back pain? Don’t like to exercise? OrthoIllinois Chiropractic gets it! What if we told you just 10 minutes can help? When you are hurting, 10 minutes maybe enticing! A recent study documented that a short 10 minutes, easy-to-perform core stabilization exercise produced significant low back pain relief for chronic low back pain patients. (5) How about that? Effective. Immediate. Non-drug. Want to try? Let’s chat at your next McHenry chiropractic appointment.

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Happy February!