The Value of La Grande Healthy Living

Healthy living. How do you envision that? Do you embrace it? Do you know what behaviors are healthy? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is all about healthy living. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC sees chiropractic care as a healthy behavior! La Grande chiropractic patients can expect their La Grande chiropractor to be an escort to the healthy lifestyle behaviors that can not only help them deal with exisiting spine pain issues but also avent future episodes of spine pain, neck pain, and back pain, and other health issues that are best avoided.

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS

What are some healthy behaviors? A good diet. Exercise. Not smoking. Low/No alcohol intake. Those sound about right, do they not? A recent study described that men who took advantage of more of these healthy choices had decreased possibility of long lasting low back pain and women for neck pain. (1) Eating fruit and vegetables is an additional positive healthy behavior. This in addition to the other behaviors appeared to decrease the possibility of having long term disturbing low back pain in women and even potentially improve the prognosis of low back pain relief. (2) Participating in a community based musculoskeletal physiotherapy program improves the health-related quality of life for patients. (3) Using a lumbar support orthosis increases postural control when standing on unlevel ground.  This may be notably helpful for patients with non-specific low back pain as they are predisposed to be more unstable. (4) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC works with our La Grande back pain patients on their balance and proprioception to help improve their steadiness.

CARE CHOICE

Choice of care for health care issues encourages more healthy behaviors. When patients are given the opportunity to choose their provider for back pain or neck pain relief (in one study: physical therapy care), costs were lower than if they sought care from their medical doctor first and were referred. Direct access results in a difference in costs and outcomes. (5) A study of women and their choices of providers for back pain relief shows that their familiarity with the doctor’s treatment, social network endorsements, how close they were to the doctor’s office, and credentials of the doctor influenced their choice. (6)

MAKE THE CHOICE TO CONTACT Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC NOW

Schedule your La Grande chiropractic appointment today. It is your choice to find the path to a healthy life and pain relief as necessary.