When I check into a hotel for a conference, the conversation
often sounds like this:
Front desk staff: “So what are you here for?”
Me: “I’m a chiropractor from Minster attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! I have this pain down my leg…”
Your Minster chiropractor enjoys
this and could talk back pain and neck pain all day long!
Minster chiropractic patients at Minster Chiropractic Center certainly know
this. Your Minster chiropractor welcomes
the reputation as the Minster back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and engaging!
Minster Chiropractic Center knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not bashful
in the least about letting everyone know in
Minster.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You have heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant
for Gallup partnered with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for
a study that showed that 78% of American adults would rather use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to deal with
pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults thought
physical therapy and chiropractic care as quite effective and safe
when compared to pain meds. Aaron Carroll MD writes for the New York Times, and
in a blog post called “For Bad Backs, It’s Time to Rethink Biases about
Chiropractors,” he stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in
the US and that evidence-based non-drug options like
spinal manipulation are reasonable
alternatives. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote
that chiropractic is seen by society as a profession of health
care providers who are experts in spine care as their
education, scope of practice, and educational accrediting and testing revolve
around spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults expressed
that chiropractic care was valuable in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% thought
chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Minster Chiropractic Center understands
this. Minster Chiropractic Center sees that Minster back pain
and neck pain patients find relief with the
Minster chiropractic care and then rely on
Minster Chiropractic Center to guide them in other healthy approaches to
control their back pain conditions and improve their health and
spine to prevent future adverse health and/or spinal
pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners perform many responsibilities:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), give
evidence-based care like spinal manipulation, manual therapy, rehab/exercise,
education about the condition, counseling to help the back pain sufferer accept
the condition and its outcome expectations as well as commit to its treatment plan, and organize
all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It is a big job with lots
of responsibility! It is absolutely the job
your Minster chiropractor embraces! What do
Minster back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want
access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care
experts like chiropractors first. Such access helps
in a few ways. One is increasing the value of
spine care delivery. Two is helping deal with the primary care
shortage. (1,5) Three is reducing the cost of care. (6) Four is
possibly curbing the opioid epidemic. The American
College of Physicians’ recommendations for back pain sufferers specifically say
that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options
like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Minster Chiropractic Center is
here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR Minster SPINE CARE SPECIALIST
Listen to this PODCAST
about how a chiropractic back pain specialist trained in Cox Technic helped a
patient who doesn’t want back surgery helped him avoid one.
Schedule your next Minster chiropractic
appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center to investigate
the benefit of having the Minster back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most
cases.