Groton Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
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 Groton attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My spouse has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your Groton chiropractor welcomes this and could talk back pain and neck pain all day long! Groton chiropractic patients at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office know this for sure. Your Groton chiropractor embraces the reputation as the Groton back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 Groton.
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 showed that 78% of American adults would prefer to use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to deal 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 stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug approaches 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 experts 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) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office gets this. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office grasps that Groton back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the Groton chiropractic care and then rely on Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office to lead them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and enhance their health and spine to prevent future adverse health and/or spinal pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially educated to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners play many responsibilities: diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), give 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 lots of responsibility! It’s just the job your Groton chiropractor embraces! What do Groton back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care experts like chiropractors first. Such access helps in several ways. One is increasing 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 reining in 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) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Groton 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 Groton chiropractic appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office to investigate the benefit of having the Groton back pain specialist taking care of your back pain and spine pain without medications in many cases.
