YOUR CHIROPRACTIC SPINE PAIN PRACTITIONER: Lessen Pain, Decrease Opioid Prescription
Fills, Enhance Quality of Life
Chiropractic care is hands-on care valued
by many for its non-pharmacologic and non-surgical foundation. In
a healthcare system that is organized for the integration
of non-pharmacologic treatment modalities including
chiropractic – the Veteran’s Healthcare Administration – usual medical care
plus chiropractic care for patients with low back pain was found beneficial. There was a significant difference in the results
of usual medical care compared with usual medical care plus
chiropractic care in better quality of life scoring as well as
pain-related disability with chiropractic care. (1) In the Medicare system,
older beneficiaries with spinal pain who utilized chiropractic care
were at significantly reduced risk – 56% lower – of filling an
opioid prescription. (2) Since 2011, a novel role to deal with
spine-related pain, back pain, radiculopathy, etc., was proposed,
the Primary Spine Practitioner. Integrating such care into the
healthcare system is aimed to enhance
effectiveness and value of care because high costs and poor outcomes
are familiar in spine care. (3) Your La Grande
chiropractor at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows the spine, the conservative
care of its pain, and the value of working with other healthcare
practitioners to deliver the pain relief we all desire
for you! Your La Grande chiropractor is your hands-on spine pain
practitioner!
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains
relieving treatment of back pain with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that triggered
a patient to decrease her intake of pain
medication as she experienced less and less pain.
La Grande CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE
MONTH: ADD AT-HOME EXERCISE
Combining efforts, be it
between your healthcare providers or between your at-home care and your in-office treatment,
is helpful. In dealing with back pain or neck pain, mixing
treatment at the office with exercise at home is helpful. The latest
report of such a combination stated that four 20-minute sessions of
manual therapy and exercise plus an at-home exercise program was more effective
than without manual therapy for neck pain sufferers. The patients’ range
of motion improved as did their neck disability and pain
intensity. (4) La Grande back pain and neck pain patients find
additional benefit when they are involved in their
care. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is here for support!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Make your next La Grande
chiropractic appointment today. You and your spine pain practitioner at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
work together as a team for pain
relief.