Back pain may deter your ability to work as well as take pleasure in life. Not only do you suffer with pain, but you can't pay bills, help around the house, take care of yourself let alone your family. Back pain cannot stop your life like that. It just can't. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC empathizes and has an evidence-based, research-documented, non-surgical treatment option to help.
Work-related non-specific low back pain patients cared for by physical therapists or medical physicians reportedly have higher disability recurrence than such patients treated by chiropractors or no doctor at all. chiropractic treated low back pain patients have lower disability recurrence rates. (1)
Worker Compensation management of lower back pain that included lumbar fusion surgery for the diagnoses of disc degeneration, disc herniation, and/or radiculopathy (pain that extends down an extremity like leg pain) is associated with a significant increase in
- permanent disability,
- opiate (drug) use,
- prolonged work loss, and
- poor return to work status. (2)
| Surgical | Non-surgical | |
| Permanent disability rates | 11% | 2% |
| Opiate drug use | 41% increase (76% continued use after surgery) | |
| Work loss | 1140 days | 316 days |
| Return to work status | 26% | 67% |
In a randomized control trial for acute mechanical low back pain, chiropractic spinal manipulation is associated with significantly greater improvement over usual care by family physicians. (4) In La Grande Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC's chiropractic spinal manipulation may relieve your low back pain and communicate with your family physician as desired.
Compared to commonly used interventions in La Grande and other areas for low back pain relief like drugs, education, exercise and physical modalities, 5 to 10 sessions of spinal manipulation over two to four weeks achieve equivalent or superior improvement in pain and function for low back pain sufferers. (5) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC follows the 50% Rule in the Cox Technic system of spine care: office visits for low back pain treatment are determined by your response to care. Upon 50% relief of pain measured subjectively (your input) and objectively (clinical tests), your treatment visits are reduced by 50%. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC looks to 50% relief of pain in the first 30 days of care or sooner. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC's goal is to get you back to your active life and job as fast as possible and support you if you are able to or choose to continue to work while under chiropractic care which, as a matter of fact, many patients do.
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