Georgetown Chiropractor Embraces the role of Back Pain Specialist
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 Georgetown attending a meeting.”
Front desk staff: “Oh! I have this pain down my leg…”
Your Georgetown chiropractor loves this and could talk back pain and neck pain forever! Georgetown chiropractic patients at Dr. Butwell certainly know this. Your Georgetown chiropractor welcomes the reputation as the Georgetown back pain specialist. Being a primary spine practitioner is so stimulating and engaging! Dr. Butwell understands back pain and neck pain, is a specialty clinic for spine pain patients, and is not shy in the least about telling everyone in Georgetown.
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 emphasized how bad the opioid crisis is in the US and that evidence-based non-drug methods like spinal manipulation are reasonable alternatives. (1) Chiropractic identity researchers wrote 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% believed chiropractors were trustworthy. (3) Dr. Butwell gets this. Dr. Butwell sees that Georgetown back pain and neck pain patients find relief with the Georgetown chiropractic care and then rely on Dr. Butwell to guide them in other healthy approaches to control their back pain conditions and enhance their health and spine to avert future unpleasant health and/or spinal pain conditions.
BENEFITS OF PRIMARY SPINE PRACTITIONERS
Specially educated to care for patients with spinal disease, primary spine practitioners take on 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 coordinate all facets of care (imaging, injections, surgery if/when needed). (4) It’s an extensive job with lots of responsibility! It is truly the role your Georgetown chiropractor embraces! What do Georgetown back pain sufferers wants? Consumers want access to non-drug therapies delivered by spine care experts like chiropractors initially. Such access benefits 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 possibly reining in 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) Dr. Butwell is here to do its part to help.
CONTACT YOUR Georgetown 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 Georgetown chiropractic appointment with Dr. Butwell to discover the benefit of having the Georgetown back pain specialist caring for your back pain and spine pain without medications in most cases.
