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’s
also the goal of your Sandy Springs chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the Sandy Springs
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 reported that chiropractors like
yours at Cross Chiropractic Center relish their profession
most because they are able to reduce pain
and build 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 wanted clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your Sandy Springs chiropractor agrees! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - particularly 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 influenced 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 addition 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 decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 mature adults. The researchers acknowledge
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a specific
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which left 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 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 decreased spending. (3) In Sandy Springs, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Cross Chiropractic Center 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 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 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 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) Sandy Springs back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Cross Chiropractic Center
must work on how each sees back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Cross Chiropractic Center
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
relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis and assists
the patient in his own self-care routine to manage and prevent back pain.
Make your next Sandy Springs
chiropractic appointment with Cross Chiropractic Center now. Along with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Cross Chiropractic Center attempts to give
our Sandy Springs spine pain patients a sense of control over their situation.