Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC Delivers Relieving Spine Care often in Less Time, with Less Cost
How well do you understand your spine and what it requires? Does your physician? Does your insurer (ie, Medicare)? Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC prides itself on knowing the spine of each of our La Grande chiropractic patients. Your La Grande chiropractor examines your low back when there’s low back pain, your neck when you have neck pain, your neck when there’s arm pain, your low back when there’s leg pain, your thoracic spine when there is thoracic (and even neck and low back) pain. Your chiropractor ”gets” your spine. Sadly, sometimes your insurer does not. The chiropractic profession endeavors to provide the research to the insurers to pay for essential treatment for your spine while your La Grande chiropractor strives to communicate clearly with your insurer for your optimal care and with you for your best clinical outcome: back pain relief, neck pain relief, arm pain relief, leg pain relief, etc.
YOUR INSURER
Administrators’ data doesn’t tell the whole story about back pain. In one study comparing self-reported low back pain to data gathered by health groups that track low back pain via billing codes and such found that these two groups don’t agree. Self-reported data about low back pain (21.2%) was higher than administration’s data (10.2%). Characteristics of low back pain patients based on data differed in several areas – sex, health/behavior traits, and health care use – leading to an undervalued prevalence of low back pain. (1) Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows how prevalent back pain is and how it affects our back pain patients like you.
YOUR BACK PAIN
In a study that expressly examined one influence on back pain - spinal stiffness - from the subjective patient angle and the objective testing angle revealed that these two measures don’t correlate well either. At least in this comparison, actual input was from people: patients who filled out questionnaires and doctors doing objective tests. These findings directed the researchers to note that while these two sources don’t correlate well, each is important in the overall picture of the patient’s condition and care. (2) Your La Grande chiropractor factors in this evidence to take care of your spine.
YOUR CHIROPRACTOR
Your La Grande chiropractor is an evidence-based chiropractor. Evidence guides the spine relief treatment plan at Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. An interesting study of chiropractic students found that with each year of schooling they became less vitalistic and more evidence-based. (3) After 7 or so years in school, your chiropractor is ready to take care of La Grande back pain and neck pain patients. The evidence of useful chiropractic spine care keeps expanding! Researchers report today of how the use of non-pharmacological pain management may inhibit unnecessary use of opioids. Chiropractic is one such non-drug pain management offering. In a study of 101,221 spine pain patients, 1.55 to 2.03 times more non-chiropractic patients filled an opioid prescription than chiropractic patients. (4) Further, Medicare beneficiary patients who utilize chiropractic are found to have higher clinical outcomes (faster recovery, fewer back surgeries a year later, less opioid-linked disability, fewer traumatic falls and injuries, slower declines in activities of daily living and disability over time) at less expense (fewer medical doctors visits for low back pain, less opioid expense, less back-surgery cost) with more satisfaction. (5) These aren’t bad trade-offs for the Medicare cost system and for the Medicare patient.
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Listen to this PODCAST by Dr. Lee Hazen and Cheri Hazen RN on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they described how non-pharmacological relieving treatment of back pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and other non-drug approaches help.
Schedule a non-surgical La Grande chiropractic care visit with Dr. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC. Your La Grande chiropractor knows your spine well and how to relieve it of pain: neck pain, arm pain, low back pain or leg pain.
