Chiropractic’s goal is to give
the back pain patient a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain and not avoid life. That is
also the goal of your Manchester chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It is a partnership involving the Manchester
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 new survey reported that chiropractors like
yours at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries take pleasure in their profession
most because they are capable 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
reported as “being trained to diagnose” – the basis
for quality care and wanted clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your Manchester chiropractor concurs! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - especially in managing spine pain
issues is the best 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 found that one new spine surgeon
added to the number of 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 increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and subtracted 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 mature adults. The researchers acknowledge
certain limitations in their study as they extracted a certain
set 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 influences
how much is expended 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 higher spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community decreased spending. (3) In Manchester, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries who can guide them with in-office care in addition to at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is recognizing
that the one who is truly at the core 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 much of
the time anyway and desires suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to request 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) Manchester back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
must work on how each views back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries
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 effectively
alleviates 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.
Schedule your next Manchester
chiropractic appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries today. In
conjunction with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries strives to give
our Manchester spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.