West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My father has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your West Des Moines chiropractor loves this and could converse about back pain and neck pain all day long! West Des Moines chiropractic patients at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa certainly know this. Your West Des Moines chiropractor accepts the reputation as the West Des Moines back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and engaging! Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and is not bashful at all about letting everyone know in West Des Moines.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You have heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant for Gallup teamed up 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 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 stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug methods 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 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% said chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa gets this. Executive Chiropractic of Iowa knows that West Des Moines back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the West Des Moines chiropractic care and then rely on Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to point 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 educated to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners take on 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 coordinate all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It is a big job with plenty of responsibility! It is precisely the job your West Des Moines chiropractor enjoys most! What do West Des Moines back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care experts like chiropractors initially. Such access benefits in several ways. One is improving the value of spine care delivery. Two is helping address the primary care shortage. (1,5) Three is lessening 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) Executive Chiropractic of Iowa is here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR West Des Moines 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 West Des Moines chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa to look into the benefit of having the West Des Moines back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
