Chiropractic for chronic low back pain enhances pain relief, healthcare coordination, and in cost-of-care
reduction. Chiropractic care first works to prevent
back pain from turning chronic, limiting its
lasting over 3 months. Chiropractic care provides
spinal manipulation therapy which is documented to help alleviate
chronic low back pain and help cooperation
with other colleagues to help our patients best.
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC facilitates the care of La Grande
chronic back pain patients economically using
gentle, safe, research-recorded protocols of the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management. We’re ready to help!
SPINAL MANIPULATION LOWERS COST OF BACK PAIN CARE
Back pain is not cheap. With
the cost of spine pain in the US valued to be $134.5 billion (1),
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is pretty sure that our chiropractic
patients would appreciate cost-effective care. A newer
Canadian study of high-cost back pain patients in the healthcare system reported
that they accounted for almost 50% of the healthcare spending in a
year. (2) Another paper reported results showing
that spine-related pain patients who see a chiropractor initially
also experienced lower costs and healthcare services when
compared to medical management. (1) We know our La Grande
chiropractic patients would like coordination of care whenever
possible among their healthcare professionals to receive
the most economical and effective care.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WORKING TOGETHER
Healthcare professionals working together benefit
patients suffering with La Grande back and other spine
pain conditions. A study in South Africa evaluated
the relationship and understanding of each other’s professions between
chiropractors and physiotherapists. Eye-opening
outcomes! Each profession assessed the other’s in terms of what conditions it treated, what modalities it used,
how well each did at treating neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Interprofessional referrals for chiropractors were 82% and 55% for
physiotherapists though 69% of chiropractors and 55% of physiotherapists wanted
to work together in managing
patients for their pain relief. (3) Your La Grande chiropractor
strives to keep our patients in
the center of the treatment plan
to reduce their pain and healthcare usage.
SMT REDUCES PAIN OF BACK PAIN
For chronic low back pain patients, those whose pain lasts
over 3 months that leads to emotional distress and physical
disability and more healthcare usage, 12 sessions of
spinal manipulation offered greater pain relief than a control
intervention. (4) Another study of 1000 low
back pain sufferers treated with Cox® Technic flexion distraction protocols
also reported that a mean of 12 visits in 29 days delivered
maximum clinical improvement. Plus, fewer than 9% of the low back
pain patients entered the chronic phase. (5) Preventing chronic pain is a worthy effort!
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Vincent Pankonin on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes how he was able to help his chronic
back pain patient find relief with The Cox® Technic System
of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your La Grande chiropractic
appointment soon.