See Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC First for Chronic Low Back Pain
When back pain comes up (and/or has turned into chronic low back pain) so too does the matter of which healthcare provider to see. It’s a valid question! Research reports that the first healthcare professional sets the course for care, cost, and outcome of the back pain episode. A new study reported that first-provider chiropractic care endedup being less expensive than care by other first-provider healthcare professionals. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC delivers individualized treatment plans for La Grande back pain relief and prevention.
CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: Contributing and Preventing Factors
Despite the fact that chronic low back pain is notably common in older adults, research just has not noted clearly what contributes to it or to its prevention. One review of 4 databases of 31,080 older adults uncovered an extensive list of factors that may contribute (from being female, obese, anxious, depressed, having had falls in the past, lifestyle issues like smoking, having weak abdominal muscles, occupational requirements like having a job for longer than 10 years that required bending/lifting, etc.) and factors that may prevent chronic low back pain (intermediate level of leisure-time physical activity). (1) These researchers, Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC, and our patients would like to know more definitively what induces chronic low back pain! Even more desired is guidance on how to manage it.
REFERRALS FOR CHIROPRACTIC CARE
A survey of US office-based physicians tackled how referrals affected the care of back pain. The participants were queried as to their referrals for particular complementary health approaches like herbs/non-vitamin supplements, chiropractic and osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture and mind-body therapies (meditation, guided imagery, progressive relaxation). 60% of the physicians said they advocated these approaches when patients requested them. More female than male physicians answered using evidence in peer-reviewed journals as reasoning for recommending such approaches. (2) An additional troubling factor for female back pain sufferers is that they are consistently seen as having higher levels of frailty than men. (3) Frailty is always a concern in our older patients. Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is always ready to share the benefits – perceived by patients and verified by research – of chiropractic and more specifically, Cox® Technic, with interested healthcare physicians and spine pain patients.
CHIROPRACTIC RISES TO THE TOP
Another review of 3,799,593 low back pain patients appeared this past month emphasizing how influential the first healthcare provider was in their study on cost and outcome for back pain. Healthcare utilization (imaging, prescriptions, tests, visits, etc.), opioid prescribing, and cost were higher when seeing certain providers first: orthopedist ($9434), acupuncturist ($9205), primary care physician ($5660), and chiropractor ($5093). (4) Seeing which provider first resulted in the least expense without any delay in diagnosis or serious illness? The chiropractor! When it comes to back pain, neck pain and spine-related pain, La Grande chiropractic care makes sense.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Keith Bartley on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the positive outcome for a lumbar spinal stenosis low back pain sufferer who found relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management after she had seen other healthcare providers.
Make your La Grande chiropractic appointment today. The question of which healthcare provider to see comes up, remember your La Grande chiropractor!
