La Grande Chiropractic Care Works for Those Who Have Access and Use It
Access and concordance. Agreement with the plan and access to the plan. These are the ingredients to favorable outcomes with chiropractic care. In La Grande, access to chiropractic is straightforward. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC invites back pain and neck pain sufferers to describe their pain symptoms honestly to develop a pain relieving treatment plan to which they can they can agree.
CONCORDANCE IS A BIG KEY TO BEST CLINICAL OUTCOMES
Chiropractic services for neck and back pain have been proven effective as many randomized clinical trials have been completed. Chiropractic services are acknowledged to be as effective for neck pain and back pain relief. A recent study describes the satisfaction of patients who either follow the recommended treatment frequency guidelines or do not. Neck pain and back pain patients were said to be “concordant” (5 or more visits within any 2-month time period or at least 12 visits throughout the year) or “discordant” (not having 5 or more visits in a 2-month time period or 12 visits in a year) and their characteristics were documented. Most chiropractic users with diagnosed neck or back pain were considered “discordant” with treatment frequency guidelines and their healthcare costs for chiropractic care were only $434 versus $2555 for “concordant” patients. Physical function issues influenced the discordant patients’ outcomes. (1) Don’t let physical function make you discordant or hold you back from making your visits! Don’t skip your appointments. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows the treatment plan with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that is most beneficial for your condition. Talk with us about your concerns with the plan. We’ll work together for your La Grande back pain and neck pain relief. In La Grande, you have easy access to quality chiropractic care at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC.
ACCESS TO CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES
Older adults who do not have such access to chiropractic care are known to more frequently use some medical services for spine conditions. Medicare data of 39,278 chiropractic care users who moved geographically from an area which had more access to chiropractic care to an area with less access to found that these patients wound up having more visits to primary care physicians for spine issues (a rise of 32.3 visits more a year) and were more likely to have spinal surgery (5.5 more surgeries per year). Financially, this reduced access to chiropractic care for spine issues resulted in higher expense to Medicare: an extra $114,967 per 1,000 beneficiaries on medical services (equaling $391 million nationally). (2) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is open here in La Grande to relieve pain and save money on spine pain relief services.
YOU AND YOUR INPUT MATTER
What you share with your La Grande chiropractor is important to your pain-relieving treatment plan. An Australian study of chiropractors found that chiropractors use patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) to guide the treatment plan and determine the treatment response of low back pain patients. (3) Tell your La Grande chiropractic honestly what is going with you. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is listening!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes what neck pain and back pain patients can expect when treated with the Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction System of Spinal Pain Management to deliver neck and arm pain relief.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment now. Bring your La Grande spine pain to your local, accessible La Grande chiropractor. Together, we will design the La Grande treatment plan you’ll want to follow!
