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 Sitka attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! My neck is really hurting.”
Your Sitka chiropractor enjoys
this and could converse about back pain and neck pain all day long!
Sitka chiropractic patients at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka certainly know
this. Your Sitka chiropractor enjoys
the status 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 reticent
in the least about letting everyone know in
Sitka.
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 revealed that 78% of American adults would rather use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to cope with
pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults considered
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 emphasized how bad the opioid crisis is in
the US and that evidence-based non-drug options like
spinal manipulation are rational
options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded
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 involve spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults expressed
that chiropractic care successfully
relieved 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 trust
Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka to point 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 issues.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners perform many tasks:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), provide
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 is a big job with plenty
of responsibility! It’s just the job
your Sitka chiropractor embraces! What do
Sitka back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire
access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care
experts like chiropractors initially. Such access helps
in several ways. One is increasing the value of
spine care delivery. Two is helping address the primary care
shortage. (1,5) Three is reducing the cost of care. (6) Four is
potentially reining in 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) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is
here to do its part 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.