Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain patient a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain and not avoid life. That is
also the goal of your Fort Wayne chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the Fort Wayne
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 reported that chiropractors like
yours at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic enjoy their profession
most because they are capable to reduce pain
and increase strength, flexibility, and power alongside
their patients through a thorough
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
noted as “being trained to diagnose” – the basis
for quality care and desirable clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your Fort Wayne chiropractor concurs! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - especially in managing spine pain
issues is a big 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 discovered that one new spine surgeon
increased 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 mature
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 older adults. The researchers acknowledge
certain limitations in their study as they extracted a specific
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which resulted
in 402,372 persons in the study. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability affects
how much is expended on each beneficiary. The effect is transformed
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 Fort Wayne, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic who can help
them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is recognizing
that the one who is truly at the center of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person suffering with
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain happens to be the chronic
issue, the low back pain patient self-manages much of
the time anyway and desires suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to request more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to handle pain (behavioral changes to handle
and prevent pain), and how to be assured of their independent pain management’s
effectiveness. These all
take encouragement from clinicians concerning education about the condition and the collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Fort Wayne back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
need to communicate how each views back
pain management to best help the patient!
CONTACT Aaron Chiropractic Clinic
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 successfully
relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care practice to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Schedule your next Fort Wayne
chiropractic appointment with Aaron Chiropractic Clinic today. Along with delivering relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Aaron Chiropractic Clinic attempts to give
our Fort Wayne spine pain patients a sense of control over their condition.