Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain patient 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 Manahawkin chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership among the Manahawkin
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 Manahawkin Chiropractic Center enjoy their profession
most because they are capable to decrease 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
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 Manahawkin chiropractor agrees! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - especially in managing spine pain
issues is a big 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
added to the number of non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the increase of one primary care physician
reduced 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 admit
certain limitations in their study as they extracted a certain
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who reported
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which left 402,372 persons in the analysis set. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability influences
how much is expended on each beneficiary. The effect is altered
by provider type and whether the provider availability rises or falls. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly associated
with increased spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In Manahawkin, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center who can help
them with in-office care in addition to at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
that the one who is really at the center of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person experiencing
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain is the chronic
issue, the low back pain patient self-manages most of
the time anyway and needs suggestions about
how best to do that: when to seek 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 along the
lines of education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Manahawkin back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
need to work on how each views back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic 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 effectively
eases 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.
Make your next Manahawkin
chiropractic appointment with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center soon. Along with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center attempts to offer
our Manahawkin spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.