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 Lynchburg attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My neck is really hurting.”
Your Lynchburg chiropractor loves
this and could converse about back pain and neck pain all day long!
Lynchburg chiropractic patients at Palmer Chiropractic Center know this for sure. Your Lynchburg chiropractor welcomes
the status as the Lynchburg back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting!
Palmer Chiropractic Center knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not shy
at all about telling everyone in
Lynchburg.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You’ve heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant
for Gallup teamed up with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for
a study that found that 78% of American adults would prefer
to use a non-drug option over a prescription medication to deal with
pain like low back or neck pain. Those same adults considered
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 stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in
the US and that evidence-based non-drug options like
spinal manipulation are practical
options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote
that chiropractic is seen by society as a profession of health
care providers who are specialists 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 successfully
relieved neck and back pain. 52.6% said
chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Palmer Chiropractic Center understands
this. Palmer Chiropractic Center grasps that Lynchburg back pain
and neck pain patients find relief with the
Lynchburg chiropractic care and then rely on
Palmer Chiropractic Center to point them in other healthy approaches to
control their back pain conditions and improve their health and
spine to avert future adverse health and/or spinal
pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially educated to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners perform many tasks:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), give
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 aspects of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It is a big job with lots
of responsibility! It is absolutely the role
your Lynchburg chiropractor enjoys most! What do
Lynchburg back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want
access to non-drug therapies provided by spine care
experts like chiropractors first. It benefits
in several ways. One is improving the value of
spine care delivery. Two is helping deal with the primary care
shortage. (1,5) Three is lessening the cost of care. (6) Four is
possibly curbing the opioid epidemic. The American
College of Physicians’ recommendations for back pain sufferers specifically state
that opioids are the last option behind non-pharmacological treatment options
like spinal manipulation, exercise, acupuncture, etc. (7) Palmer Chiropractic Center is
here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg chiropractic
appointment with Palmer Chiropractic Center to investigate
the benefit of having the Lynchburg back pain specialist taking care
of your back pain and spine pain without medications in many
cases.