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 Vancouver attending a
meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! My neck is really hurting.”
Your Vancouver chiropractor loves
this and could converse about back pain and neck pain forever!
Vancouver chiropractic patients at Vancouver Disc Centers certainly know
this. Your Vancouver chiropractor accepts
the reputation as the Vancouver back pain specialist.
Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting!
Vancouver Disc Centers understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty
clinic for spine pain patients, and isn’t reluctant
at all about letting everyone know in
Vancouver.
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 revealed that 78% of American adults would rather 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 rational
alternatives. (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 believed
that chiropractic care successfully
relieved neck and back pain. 52.6% believed
chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Vancouver Disc Centers gets
this. Vancouver Disc Centers sees that Vancouver back pain
and neck pain patients find relieving help with the
Vancouver chiropractic care and then count on
Vancouver Disc Centers to lead them in other healthy approaches to
control their back pain conditions and improve their health and
spine to prevent future unpleasant health and/or spinal
pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with
spinal disease, primary spine practitioners play many responsibilities:
diagnose, rule out serious pathology (cancer, fracture, infection, etc.), provide
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 facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when
needed). (4) It’s an extensive job with lots
of responsibility! It’s absolutely the role
your Vancouver chiropractor embraces! What do
Vancouver back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want
access to non-drug therapies supplied by spine care
experts like chiropractors initially. This helps
in several ways. One is improving 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
potentially 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) Vancouver Disc Centers is
here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR Vancouver 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 Vancouver chiropractic
appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers to investigate
the benefit of having the Vancouver back pain specialist taking care
of your back pain and spine pain without medications in many
cases.