Chiropractic’s goal is to give
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain while not avoiding life. That’s
also the goal of your West Des Moines chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the West Des Moines
back pain sufferer, the back pain care giver, and even the back pain payer (ie
Medicare).
CHIROPRACTIC ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ROLE
OF BACK PAIN PROVIDER
Being a chiropractor is amazing! A new survey found that chiropractors like
yours at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa take pleasure in their profession
most as they are able to reduce pain
as well as increase strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients through an inclusive
treatment plan. Two of the best features of being a chiropractor were
noted as “being trained to diagnose” – the basis
for quality care and wanted clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your West Des Moines chiropractor concurs! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - particularly in managing spine pain
issues is the best part of daily practice.
EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
AVAILABILITY: MD/Surgeon, DC, PCP
Researchers questioned
how a community’s healthcare workforce impacted the care of
low back pain sufferers. They found that one new spine surgeon
added to the number of non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the increase of one primary care physician
reduced 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 older
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and subtracted 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 older adults. The researchers admit
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a specific
set of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one occurrence of low back pain and relocation) which resulted
in 402,372 persons in the study. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability impacts
how much is spent on each beneficiary. The effect is altered
by provider type and whether the provider availability increases
or decreases. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly associated
with increased spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community decreased spending. (3) In West Des Moines, back
pain sufferers get a partner at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa who can guide them with in-office care in addition to at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
that the one who is really at the core of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person experiencing
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain happens to be the chronic
issue, the low back pain sufferer self-manages most of
the time anyway and wants suggestions about
how best to do that: when to seek more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to handle pain (behavioral changes to manage
and prevent pain), and how to be confident in managing their pain independently. These all
take support from clinicians along the
lines of education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) West Des Moines back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
must communicate how each views back
pain management to most advantageously help the patient!
CONTACT Executive Chiropractic of Iowa
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and effectively
relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis and assists
the patient in his own self-care routine to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Schedule your next West Des Moines
chiropractic appointment with Executive Chiropractic of Iowa today. In
conjunction with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Executive Chiropractic of Iowa strives to offer
our West Des Moines spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.