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: “Really? My father
has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your McHenry chiropractor loves
this and could talk back pain and neck pain forever!
McHenry chiropractic patients at OrthoIllinois Chiropractic certainly know
this. Your McHenry chiropractor enjoys
the reputation as the McHenry back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and inviting!
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not reticent
at all about telling everyone in
McHenry.
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 found 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 thought
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 stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in
the US and that evidence-based non-drug methods like
spinal manipulation are practical
alternatives. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote
that chiropractic is seen 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% 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 rely on
OrthoIllinois Chiropractic 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 issues.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially educated to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners play many responsibilities:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), give
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 organize
all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It is a big job with lots
of responsibility! It is absolutely the job
your McHenry chiropractor enjoys most! What do
McHenry back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want
access to non-drug therapies supplied by spine care
experts like chiropractors first. It benefits
in several ways. One is improving 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) 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 does not 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 taking care
of your back pain and spine pain without medications in most
cases.