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 Richmond chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the Richmond
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 recent survey found that chiropractors like
yours at Johnson Chiropractic relish their profession
most because they are able to decrease pain
as well as build strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients through a thorough
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
marked 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 Richmond 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 wondered
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 addition of one primary care physician
reduced 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 older
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 mature 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 occurrence of low back pain and relocation) which left 402,372 persons in the analysis set. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability impacts
how much is expended on each beneficiary. The effect is altered
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 reduced spending. (3) In Richmond, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Johnson Chiropractic 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 really 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 wants suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to request more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to handle pain (behavioral changes to handle
and prevent pain), and how to be assured of their independent pain management’s
effectiveness. These all
take guidance from clinicians along the
lines of education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Richmond back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Johnson Chiropractic
need to communicate how each sees back
pain management to best reduce the
pain!
CONTACT Johnson Chiropractic
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 assists
the patient in his own self-care routine to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Make your next Richmond
chiropractic appointment with Johnson Chiropractic now. Along with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Johnson Chiropractic strives to offer
our Richmond spine pain patients a sense of control over their condition.