McHenry Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
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 McHenry attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! My neck is killing me!”
Your McHenry chiropractor enjoys this and could converse about back pain and neck pain forever! McHenry chiropractic patients at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic know this for sure. Your McHenry chiropractor accepts the reputation as the McHenry back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting! OrthoIllinois Chiropractic knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and isn’t shy in the least about letting everyone know in McHenry.
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 found 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 considered 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 reasonable options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote that chiropractic is seen by society as a profession of health care providers who are experts 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 believed that chiropractic care successfully relieved neck and back pain. 52.6% thought chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic gets this. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic grasps that McHenry back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the McHenry chiropractic care and then trust OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to point them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and enhance their health and spine to prevent future unpleasant 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 coordinate all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It’s an extensive job with plenty of responsibility! It’s just the role your McHenry chiropractor embraces! What do McHenry back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care experts like chiropractors first. This benefits in a few ways. One is increasing the value of spine care delivery. Two is helping deal with the primary care shortage. (1,5) Three is reducing the cost of care. (6) Four is potentially curbing 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) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR McHenry 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 McHenry chiropractic appointment with OrthoIllinois Chiropractic to look into the benefit of having the McHenry back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
