Chiropractic’s goal is to give
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain while not avoiding life. That’s
also the goal of your Pflugerville chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It is a partnership involving the Pflugerville
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 found that chiropractors like
yours at Pflugerville Wellness Center relish their profession
most because they are capable to decrease pain
as well as increase strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients via an inclusive
treatment plan. Two of the top 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 Pflugerville 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
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 increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and subtracted 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 mature adults. The researchers state
certain limitations in their study as they pulled 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 impacts
how much is spent on each beneficiary. The effect is transformed
by provider type and whether the provider availability increases
or decreases. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly linked
with increased spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In Pflugerville, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Pflugerville Wellness Center who can help
them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is recognizing
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 is the chronic
issue, the low back pain patient self-manages much of
the time anyway and needs suggestions about
how best to do that: when to seek 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 regarding education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Pflugerville back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Pflugerville Wellness Center
need to communicate how each sees back
pain management to best reduce the
pain!
CONTACT Pflugerville Wellness Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes 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 prevent back pain.
Schedule your next Pflugerville
chiropractic appointment with Pflugerville Wellness Center soon. Along with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Pflugerville Wellness Center strives to offer
our Pflugerville spine pain patients a sense of control over their situation.