February 2025 Healthy News from Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC Chiropractic Identity, Exercise, Attire

A new study by Leduc in January 2025 concluded that what we chiropractors wear impacts our patients’ perception of us, including your La Grande chiropractor at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. That’s good for us to know! Scrubs make us look more knowledgeable, trustworthy, competent, professional and comfortable. White coats and formal wear came in second place. For women chiropractors, the white coat was more positive for them than when men wear them. (1) Curiously, this issue of clothes does not just concern chiropractors. A study in Saudi Arabia found that patients preferred surgeons who wore scrubs and white coats, associating them with hygiene, dedication, and expertise. (2) Beyond their attire, chiropractors are working to refine their professional identity to better interact other healthcare colleagues who – according to other articles like the surgeon attire one – also work to refine their image and identity for their patients and collegial interactions. (3) One paper boldly ended with that “although the chiropractic profession may debate internally about its professional identity, the chiropractic identity seems to have already been established by society, practice, legislation, and education as a profession of health care providers whose area of expertise is spine care.” (4) Starting with spine care works for Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC! We know through experience that spine pain relief leads to our patients’ trusting us with other health issues. Bring on your La Grande back pain and neck pain! We’ll wear our best scrubs, clothes and/or white coats! Together, let us get you feeling better!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the addition of exercise and The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to ease chronic low back pain.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise for just 10 minutes!

Have back pain? Don’t like to exercise? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC gets it! What if we shared that you just 10 minutes can help? When you are hurting, 10 minutes maybe tempting! A recent study documented that a short 10 minutes, easy-to-perform core stabilization exercise produced significant low back pain relief for chronic low back pain patients. (5) What do you think about that? Effective. Immediate. Non-drug. Want to try? Let’s talk at your next La Grande chiropractic appointment.

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Happy February!