Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain and not avoid life. That is
also the goal of your Ashburn chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the Ashburn
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 new survey reported that chiropractors like
yours at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn enjoy their profession
most because they are able to reduce pain
and build strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients via a comprehensive
treatment plan. Two of the best features of being a chiropractor were
noted 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 Ashburn chiropractor concurs! 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 wondered
how a community’s healthcare workforce impacted the care of
low back pain sufferers. They discovered that one new spine surgeon
added to the number of 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 elder
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 elder adults. The researchers state
certain limitations in their study as they extracted a specific
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who reported
at least one episode 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 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 more spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In Ashburn, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn who can help
them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
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 wants suggestions about
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 collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Ashburn back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
need to work on how each views back
pain management to best reduce the
pain!
CONTACT Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
illustrates how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and effectively
alleviates 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.
Make your next Ashburn
chiropractic appointment with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn today. Along with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn strives to offer
our Ashburn spine pain patients a sense of control over their condition.