Manchester Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
When I check into a hotel for a conference, the conversation often goes like this:
Front desk staff: “So what are you here for?”
Me: “I’m a chiropractor from Manchester attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! My spouse has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your Manchester chiropractor enjoys this and could talk back pain and neck pain forever! Manchester chiropractic patients at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries certainly know this. Your Manchester chiropractor enjoys the status as the Manchester back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and inviting! Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and isn’t reticent in the least about telling everyone in Manchester.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You have heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant for Gallup partnered with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for a study that revealed that 78% of American adults would prefer to use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to cope with pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults considered physical therapy and chiropractic care as quite effective and safe when compared to pain medications. Aaron Carroll MD writes for the New York Times, and in a blog post called “For Bad Backs, It’s Time to Rethink Biases about Chiropractors,” he stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug options like spinal manipulation are reasonable options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded that chiropractic is seen by society as a profession of health care providers who are experts in spine care as their education, scope of practice, and educational accrediting and testing revolve around spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults expressed that chiropractic care was successful in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% thought chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries understands this. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries grasps that Manchester back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the Manchester chiropractic care and then rely on Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries to point them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and enhance their health and spine to avert future adverse health and/or spinal pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners take on many tasks: diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), provide evidence-based care like spinal manipulation, manual therapy, rehab/exercise, education about the condition, counseling to help the back pain sufferer accept the condition and its outcome expectations as well as commit to its treatment plan, and direct all aspects of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It’s a big job with plenty of responsibility! It’s truly the job your Manchester chiropractor enjoys most! What do Manchester back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care experts like chiropractors initially. Such access helps in several ways. One is improving the value of spine care delivery. Two is helping address the primary care shortage. (1,5) Three is reducing the cost of care. (6) Four is potentially curbing the opioid epidemic. The American College of Physicians’ recommendations for back pain sufferers specifically state that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Manchester SPINE CARE SPECIALIST
Listen to this PODCAST about how a chiropractic back pain specialist trained in Cox Technic helped a patient who does not want back surgery helped him avoid one.
Schedule your next Manchester chiropractic appointment with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries to explore the benefit of having the Manchester back pain specialist taking care of your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
