Chiropractic’s goal is to give
the back pain sufferer a sense of control over the back pain and
to live through the pain while not avoiding life. That’s
also the goal of your Toronto chiropractor: gentle, pain-relieving, conservative
care of spine pain. It is a partnership involving the Toronto
back pain sufferer, the back pain care giver, and even the back pain payer (ie
Medicare).
CHIROPRACTIC ENTHUSIASM FOR THE ROLE
OF BACK PAIN PROVIDER
Being a chiropractor is amazing! A new survey found that chiropractors like
yours at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre enjoy their profession
most as they are capable to decrease pain
as well as increase strength, flexibility, and power with
their patients through an inclusive
treatment plan. Two of the top features of being a chiropractor were
reported as “being trained to diagnose” – the foundation
for quality care and wanted clinical outcomes! - and “being able to transform peoples’ quality
of life.” (1) Your Toronto chiropractor agrees! Being
your healthcare partner - your back pain specialist - particularly in managing spine pain
issues is the best part of daily practice.
EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
AVAILABILITY: MD/Surgeon, DC, PCP
Researchers questioned
how a community’s healthcare workforce influenced the care of
low back pain sufferers. They discovered that one new spine surgeon
added to the number of non-conservative care episodes by 31.3
per 1000 older adults, the addition of one primary care physician
decreased 2.5 conservative care episodes per 1000 elder
adults, and the addition of one chiropractor increased 18.7
conservative care episodes and decreased 3.6 non-conservative
care episodes per 1000 older adults. The researchers acknowledge
certain limitations in their study as they pulled a certain
set of patients from the 16 million Medicare Part B enrollees (who had
at least one episode of low back pain and relocation) which left 402,372 persons in the study. (2) In the
Medicare population, healthcare provider availability affects
how much is spent on each beneficiary. The effect is altered
by provider type and whether the provider availability rises or falls. Spine surgeon availability was most strongly associated
with higher spending. The loss of one spine surgeon in a
community reduced spending. (3) In Toronto, back
pain sufferers have a partner at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre who can help
them with in-office care as well as at-home self-care.
EFFECT OF BACK PAIN PATIENT SELF
CARE
Medicine is realizing
that the one who is really at the center of managing pain
and chronic disorders is the person experiencing
pain and chronic disorder. When back pain happens to be the chronic
issue, the low back pain patient self-manages most of
the time anyway and desires suggestions regarding
how best to do that: when to pursue more care (symptoms,
imaging, advice), how to manage pain (behavioral changes to contain
and prevent pain), and how to be assured of their independent pain management’s
effectiveness. These all
take support from clinicians concerning education about the condition and the collaboration
of the patient and the healthcare provider. (4) Toronto back pain
sufferers and their healthcare providers like your chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
must communicate how each views back
pain management to most advantageously reduce the
pain!
CONTACT Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Keith Bartley on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management gently and successfully
relieves back pain due to spinal stenosis and supports
the patient in his own self-care practice to manage and stop
another episode of back pain.
Make your next Toronto
chiropractic appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre now. In
conjunction with providing relieving chiropractic
spinal manipulation, Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre strives to give
our Toronto spine pain patients a sense of control over their pain.