Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain and not avoid life. That’s
also the goal of your McHenry chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It is a partnership among the McHenry
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 the
best! A new survey found that chiropractors like
yours at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic relish their profession
most because they are capable to reduce pain
and increase strength, flexibility, and power with
their patients via a comprehensive
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
noted as “being trained to diagnose” – the foundation
for quality care and desirable clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your McHenry chiropractor agrees! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - particularly in managing spine pain
issues is a big part of daily practice.
EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
AVAILABILITY: MD/Surgeon, DC, PCP
Researchers questioned
how a community’s healthcare workforce impacted the care of
low back pain sufferers. They discovered that one new spine surgeon
increased non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the increase 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 subtracted 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 elder adults. The researchers state
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a specific
set of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which resulted
in 402,372 persons in the analysis set. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability influences
how much is spent on each beneficiary. The effect is transformed
by provider type and whether the provider availability rises or falls. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly linked
with more spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In McHenry, back
pain sufferers have a partner at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic who can guide them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
that the one who is really at the center of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person suffering with
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain happens to be the chronic
issue, the low back pain sufferer self-manages most of
the time anyway and needs suggestions about
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 encouragement from clinicians concerning education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) McHenry back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
need to work on how each sees back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic
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
relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care routine to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Make your next McHenry
chiropractic appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic now. Along with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, OrthoIllinois Chiropractic attempts to give
our McHenry spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.