Augusta Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
When I check into a hotel for a conference, the conversation often goes like this:
Front desk staff: “So what are you here for?”
Me: “I’m a chiropractor from Augusta attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Really? My mother has the worst back pain and pain down the leg!”
Your Augusta chiropractor loves this and could talk back pain and neck pain all day long! Augusta chiropractic patients at Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic know this for sure. Your Augusta chiropractor enjoys the reputation as the Augusta back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and inviting! Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and isn’t reticent in the least about telling everyone in Augusta.
BEING THE PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONER
You’ve 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 thought physical therapy and chiropractic care as quite 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 stressed how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug methods like spinal manipulation are rational options. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers concluded that chiropractic is seen by society as a profession of health care providers who are experts 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% thought chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic understands this. Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic grasps that Augusta back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the Augusta chiropractic care and then count on Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic to guide them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and enhance their health and spine to avert future adverse health and/or spinal pain issues.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially trained to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners perform 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 coordinate all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It is a big job with lots of responsibility! It is truly the role your Augusta chiropractor embraces! What do Augusta back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want access to non-drug therapies delivered by spine care experts like chiropractors first. This helps in several ways. One is increasing 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 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) Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic is here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR Augusta 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 Augusta chiropractic appointment with Lombardy Chiropractic Clinic to discover the benefit of having the Augusta back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
