Sitka Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
When I check into a hotel for a conference, the conversation often goes like this:
Front desk staff: “So what are you here for?”
Me: “I’m a chiropractor from Sitka attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! I have this pain down my leg…”
Your Sitka chiropractor welcomes this and could talk back pain and neck pain all day long! Sitka chiropractic patients at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka know this for sure. Your Sitka chiropractor welcomes the reputation as the Sitka back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and engaging! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and is not shy at all about telling everyone in Sitka.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You’ve heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant for Gallup partnered with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for a study that revealed that 78% of American adults would prefer to use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to deal with pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults believed physical therapy and chiropractic care as very 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 emphasized how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug approaches like spinal manipulation are rational options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote that chiropractic is viewed by society as a profession of health care providers who are specialists 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 effective in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% believed chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka gets this. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows that Sitka back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the Sitka chiropractic care and then count on Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka to guide them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and improve their health and spine to avert 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 play many responsibilities: diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), present 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 direct all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It’s a big job with lots of responsibility! It is absolutely the job your Sitka chiropractor embraces! What do Sitka back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want access to non-drug therapies supplied by spine care experts like chiropractors first. This benefits in several ways. One is increasing the value of spine care delivery. Two is helping deal with the primary care shortage. (1,5) Three is lessening the cost of care. (6) Four is potentially reining in the opioid epidemic. The American College of Physicians’ recommendations for back pain sufferers specifically state that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Sitka 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 Sitka chiropractic appointment with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka to investigate the benefit of having the Sitka back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
