Coordinated Georgetown Chiropractic and GP Care of Back Pain
So, you want back pain relief to return and enjoy life like “normal”? Back pain sufferers get that! Dr. Butwell knows this, too, and works closely with our Georgetown back pain patients and their other healthcare providers to get them back to “normal,” delighting in life again.
REFERRALS TO CHIROPRACTORS FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
A new study noted how general practitioners refer to Danish chiropractors. Chiropractic clinics with more than one chiropractor and with diagnostic ultrasound got more referrals. 31% of all new patients - 2.5 referrals per week - in chiropractic offices came via general practitioner referral. Chiropractors who sent more patients to general practitioners also were referred more patients. Those who shared that they had expertise in geriatric care and had more new patients per week received more referrals, too. (1) These findings accentuate the importance of interprofessional communication which your Georgetown chiropractor supports! Dr. Butwell collaborates with local Georgetown healthcare colleagues in all ways to help our shared back and neck pain patients in getting relief and regaining their quality of life.
QUALITY OF LIFE WITH CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION
Quality of life is often an indication of how well we feel, especially as we get older. A study of Medicare recipients who received spinal manipulation (SMT) and/or were prescribed drug therapy (PDT) for their chronic low back pain was very revealing. Those who got spinal manipulation were more likely to be very satisfied with their care: 84% for SMT versus 50% for PDT. Those who received spinal manipulation reported their health-related quality of life scores significantly higher than those with prescription drug therapy: 12.85 for SMT vs 9.92 for PDT. As for the concern they felt receiving each type of therapy, SMT patients receiving chiropractic care reported a lower degree of concern than the PDT patient receiving prescription therapy. (2) Our goal at Dr. Butwell is to decrease our Georgetown back pain patients’ concern over their pain condition and its care by doing a thorough examination, describing well what the condition is along with its expected care outcomes, and delivering gentle, relieving care for back pain, neck pain, and other spine-related pain relief.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Coleman Cormier on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for relief of a painful disc herniation after a car accident which often entails multiple providers.
Make your Georgetown chiropractic appointment today. Back pain relief is a result of a well-coordinated team effort from us all – pain patient, chiropractic healthcare provider, and other healthcare professionals. We’re in. Are you?
