Chiropractic’s goal is to provide
the back pain patient 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 La Grande chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It’s a partnership involving the La Grande
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 Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC take pleasure in their profession
most because they are capable to decrease pain
as well as build strength, flexibility, and power with
their patients via an inclusive
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
reported 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 La Grande 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 wondered
how a community’s healthcare workforce impacted the care of
low back pain sufferers. They discovered that one new spine surgeon
added to the number of non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the addition of one primary care physician
reduced 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 elder
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor added 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 elder adults. The researchers state
certain limitations in their study as they extracted a specific
group of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who reported
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which left 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 linked
with higher spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In La Grande, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC who can help
them with in-office care as well as 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 needs suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to pursue more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to manage pain (behavioral changes to handle
and prevent pain), and how to be assured of their independent pain management’s
effectiveness. These all
take guidance from clinicians regarding education about the condition and the partnership
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) La Grande back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
must communicate how each sees back
pain management to best reduce the
pain!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and successfully
eases back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care routine to manage and prevent back pain.
Schedule your next La Grande
chiropractic appointment with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC now. Along with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC attempts to offer
our La Grande spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.