Chiropractic’s goal is to give
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain and not avoid life. That’s
also the goal of your Oxford chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership among the Oxford
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 Satterwhite Chiropractic take pleasure in their profession
most because they are capable to decrease pain
and increase strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients through a comprehensive
treatment plan. Two of the best features of being a chiropractor were
reported 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 Oxford chiropractor concurs! 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 wondered
how a community’s healthcare workforce impacted the care of
low back pain sufferers. They discovered that one new spine surgeon
increased 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 added 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 older adults. The researchers admit
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 study. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability influences
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 associated
with increased spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community decreased spending. (3) In Oxford, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Satterwhite 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 realizing
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 happens to be the chronic
issue, the low back pain patient self-manages most of
the time anyway and wants suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to pursue 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 encouragement from clinicians concerning education about the condition and the collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Oxford back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Satterwhite Chiropractic
must work on how each sees back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Satterwhite Chiropractic
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
relieves 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.
Schedule your next Oxford
chiropractic appointment with Satterwhite Chiropractic today. In
conjunction with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Satterwhite Chiropractic attempts to offer
our Oxford spine pain patients a sense of control over their situation.