La Grande 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 La Grande attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My brother has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your La Grande chiropractor welcomes this and could talk back pain and neck pain forever! La Grande chiropractic patients at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC certainly know this. Your La Grande chiropractor welcomes the status as the La Grande back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting! Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and is not reticent 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 partnered 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 cope 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 medications. 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 options like spinal manipulation are practical alternatives. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded that chiropractic is seen 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 revolve around spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults expressed that chiropractic care was effective in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% believed chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC gets this. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows that La Grande back pain and neck pain patients find relieving help with the La Grande chiropractic care and then rely on Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to guide 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 educated to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners play many tasks: 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 direct all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It is an extensive job with plenty of responsibility! It’s truly the role your La Grande chiropractor embraces! What do La Grande back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want access to non-drug therapies delivered by spine care experts like chiropractors first. Such access benefits 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 potentially reining in 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) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is here to do its share 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 does not want back surgery helped him avoid one.
Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC to investigate the benefit of having the La Grande back pain specialist taking care of your back pain and spine pain without medications in many cases.
