Elgin 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 Elgin attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! I have this pain down my leg…”
Your Elgin chiropractor enjoys this and could talk back pain and neck pain forever! Elgin chiropractic patients at Connected Chiropractic certainly know this. Your Elgin chiropractor embraces the reputation as the Elgin back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and engaging! Connected Chiropractic understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and isn’t bashful at all about telling everyone in Elgin.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You’ve heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant for Gallup teamed up 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 thought physical therapy and chiropractic care as very effective and safe when compared to pain meds. 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 approaches like spinal manipulation are practical options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded that chiropractic is seen 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 revolve around spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults expressed that chiropractic care successfully relieved neck and back pain. 52.6% said chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Connected Chiropractic gets this. Connected Chiropractic knows that Elgin back pain and neck pain patients find relieving help with the Elgin chiropractic care and then trust Connected Chiropractic to lead them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and improve their health and spine to prevent 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 responsibilities: 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 direct all phases of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It is a big job with lots of responsibility! It’s just the job your Elgin chiropractor enjoys most! What do Elgin back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire access to non-drug therapies supplied by spine care experts like chiropractors initially. It helps in a few ways. One is improving the value of spine care delivery. Two is helping deal with 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 state that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Connected Chiropractic is here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Elgin 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 Elgin chiropractic appointment with Connected Chiropractic to investigate the benefit of having the Elgin back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in many cases.
