Chiropractic’s goal is to give
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 Tonawanda chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It is a partnership involving the Tonawanda
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 Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation enjoy their profession
most because they are able to reduce pain
and increase strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients via a comprehensive
treatment plan. Two of the best features of being a chiropractor were
marked 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 Tonawanda chiropractor concurs! 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 wondered
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
reduced 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 mature
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and subtracted 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 mature adults. The researchers admit
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a specific
set of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who reported
at least one occurrence of low back pain and relocation) which resulted
in 402,372 persons in the analysis set. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability affects
how much is expended on each beneficiary. The effect is transformed
by provider type and whether the provider availability increases
or decreases. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly associated
with higher spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community decreased spending. (3) In Tonawanda, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation who can help
them with in-office care in addition to at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
that the one who is truly 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 patient self-manages much of
the time anyway and desires suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to request more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to handle pain (behavioral changes to manage
and prevent pain), and how to be assured of their independent pain management’s
effectiveness. These all
take encouragement from clinicians along the
lines of education about the condition and the collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Tonawanda back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
need to work on how each views back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and successfully
alleviates back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care practice to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Schedule your next Tonawanda
chiropractic appointment with Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation now. In
conjunction with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation attempts to offer
our Tonawanda spine pain patients a sense of control over their situation.