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 Eugene attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My mother
has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your Eugene chiropractor welcomes
this and could talk back pain and neck pain all day long!
Eugene chiropractic patients at Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic certainly know
this. Your Eugene chiropractor welcomes
the status as the Eugene back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so exciting and inviting!
Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic knows back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and is not shy
at all about telling everyone in
Eugene.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You have heard of the Gallup Poll. A consultant
for Gallup partnered with the Palmer College of Chiropractic for
a study that showed 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 thought
physical therapy and chiropractic care as very effective and safe
when compared to pain meds. 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 reasonable
options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote
that chiropractic is viewed 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 involve spine care. (2) In one study 61.4% of US adults believed
that chiropractic care was effective in caring for neck and back pain. 52.6% believed
chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic understands
this. Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic grasps that Eugene back pain
and neck pain patients find relieving help with the
Eugene chiropractic care and then trust
Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic to lead 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 trained 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 organize
all aspects of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It is a big job with lots
of responsibility! It’s truly the role
your Eugene chiropractor enjoys most! What do
Eugene back pain sufferers wants? Consumers desire
access to non-drug therapies supplied by spine care
experts like chiropractors initially. This helps
in a few ways. One is increasing the value of
spine care delivery. Two is helping address the primary care
shortage. (1,5) Three is reducing the cost of care. (6) Four is
possibly 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) Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic is
here to do its share to help.
CONTACT YOUR Eugene SPINE CARE SPECIALIST
Listen to this PODCAST
about how a chiropractic back pain specialist trained in Cox Technic helped a
patient who doesn’t want back surgery helped him avoid one.
Schedule your next Eugene chiropractic
appointment with Rethwill Chiropractic Clinic to investigate
the benefit of having the Eugene back pain specialist taking care
of your back pain and spine pain without medications in most
cases.