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 La Grande attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My back is
killing me!”
Your La Grande chiropractor enjoys
this and could converse about back pain and neck pain all day long!
La Grande chiropractic patients at Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC certainly know
this. Your La Grande chiropractor enjoys
the status as the La Grande back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and engaging!
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not shy
at all about letting everyone know in
La Grande.
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 rather use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to deal with
pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults believed
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 methods like
spinal manipulation are reasonable
options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded
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) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC understands
this. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC grasps that La Grande back pain
and neck pain patients find relieving help with the
La Grande chiropractic care and then count on
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to point them in other healthy approaches to
control their back pain conditions and improve their health and
spine to avert future unpleasant health and/or spinal
pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners play many responsibilities:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), provide
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 is an extensive job with lots
of responsibility! It is truly the role
your La Grande chiropractor enjoys most! What do
La Grande back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire
access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care
experts like chiropractors initially. It helps
in several ways. One is improving the value of
spine care delivery. Two is helping address the primary care
shortage. (1,5) Three is lessening 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) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is
here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR La Grande 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 La Grande chiropractic
appointment with Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to look into
the benefit of having the La Grande back pain specialist taking care
of your back pain and spine pain without medications in many
cases.