When I check into a hotel for a conference, the conversation
often sounds like this:
Front desk staff: “So what are you here for?”
Me: “I’m a chiropractor from Preston attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? I have this pain down my leg…”
Your Preston chiropractor enjoys
this and could converse about back pain and neck pain forever!
Preston chiropractic patients at Chiropractic Associates certainly know
this. Your Preston chiropractor embraces
the reputation as the Preston back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and engaging!
Chiropractic Associates understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not bashful
in the least about telling everyone in
Preston.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You’ve heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant
for Gallup partnered with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for
a study that showed that 78% of American adults would rather use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to cope with
pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults believed
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 emphasized how bad the opioid crisis is in
the US and that evidence-based non-drug options like
spinal manipulation are rational
options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote
that chiropractic is viewed by society as a profession of health
care providers who are specialists in spine care as their
education, scope of practice, and educational accrediting and testing involve spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults believed
that chiropractic care was effective in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% thought
chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Chiropractic Associates gets
this. Chiropractic Associates knows that Preston back pain
and neck pain patients find relief with the
Preston chiropractic care and then trust
Chiropractic Associates to guide them in other healthy approaches to
control their back pain conditions and improve their health and
spine to avert future adverse health and/or spinal
pain issues.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially educated to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners perform many tasks:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), present
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 coordinate
all phases of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It’s a big job with lots
of responsibility! It is absolutely the job
your Preston chiropractor embraces! What do
Preston back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire
access to non-drug therapies delivered by spine care
experts like chiropractors first. Such access helps
in a few 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
possibly curbing the opioid epidemic. The American
College of Physicians’ recommendations for back pain sufferers specifically say
that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options
like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Chiropractic Associates is
here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Preston SPINE CARE SPECIALIST
Listen to this PODCAST
about how a chiropractic back pain specialist trained in Cox Technic helped a
patient who doesn’t want back surgery helped him avoid one.
Schedule your next Preston chiropractic
appointment with Chiropractic Associates to look into
the benefit of having the Preston back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in many
cases.