Chiropractors can often stop or greatly reduce back pain
In Chiropractic College, Pain was called the great motivator. After over 4 decades of specializing in Acute and Chronic Pain patients, I know firsthand that to be true. When I had an office, I was on the Chiropractic Crusade to change people’s lifestyles into something more conducive to good health; I no longer do that. I understand that, when they are in moderate to constant, extreme, intense pain, most of my patient’s are not interested in making a big change to their already overburden day, so I address that issue quickly. My form takes about 30 seconds to fill out, patients don’t have to wait a few days for the actual treatment, nor do I try to make them sign-up for life-time care, like the corporation that advertises $29 per adjustment.
I take great satisfaction in being able to get someone, who couldn’t walk because of severe low back pain, up and at least somewhat mobile. When I can relieve or stop constant severe pain in a patient’s neck the pleasure is mine and hopefully yours as well. Of course, difficult cases like that do require more than one visit since this is not magic, but it is a great start not achievable in most emergency rooms even with drugs or surgery. If I was to get severe pain relief results like that in an E.R., without drugs that typically wear off after about 4 hours, it would probably generate a lot of news trucks arriving to proclaim a new miracle cure has been discovered. That of course is never going to happen because we live in a world controlled by pharmaceuticals. Opioids were the drug of choice for back pain. That created the opioid crisis. The government finally did something about that and now we have the Fentanyl crisis. But that is another story for another day.
Keep in mind, I never promise results. There are no guarantee’s in the field of medicine. On the other hand, about 95% of my patient’s are satisfied with the benefit obtained. Again, that doesn’t mean that they are cured, but they are better than they were and when it comes to measuring pain, a little relief is a lot. Extreme pain is a very subjective and emotional experience that is unique to each individual and because of the way I practice, I get to treat you as an individual and not run out to the next treatment room.
This is why I have removed all of the barriers to your number one priority – getting out of pain as fast as possible. While I was taught that is not the goal, and that we should rehabilitate patient’s spinal function, I’ve decided to leave that to people with an office.
I come to your home or workplace with the goal of getting you out of pain/decreasing your level of pain as quickly as possible. I’m not looking to see you for a few months. I often refer my patient’s to a local chiropractor that I think is very good, if I know of one in your area for that purpose.
Many patient’s call me and hang up when I tell them I make house calls, even though that is my major search term on the internet. They hang up because they think it is going to be more expensive than an office visit. I don’t even get a chance to tell them, that most practices are going to want to take X-Rays before treating you, and that treatment might not be delivered for a few days. Those are very long days when you are in pain. My fees can vary because of many different factors, but it is more likely than not, you are going to get more of what you want, which is immediate treatment for your pain at less of a cost. Some patient’s are not chiropractic candidates, they require medical intervention, and if that is the case, I’ll tell you; that happens very rarely because most back pain does not require surgery.
