The best Doctor for treating Back Pain

What You Should Expect from Any Doctor Treating Your Pain

The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.

—Paracelsus

• Make sure the doctor listens to you—I mean really listens to your complaints.

• A physician should always start with conservative treatment first.

• Have him or her perform a complete physical exam, actually touching and feeling your painful region, not just looking at it with a shrug of the shoulders.

• Don’t get confused by fancy doctor lingo. Did you understand the problem? Ask questions. If you’re talked down to, like you’re a child, move on to someone who will take the time to listen to and guide you with respect. Your doctor should be a trusted partner in your health plan, not a dictator.

• Learn about your doctor’s qualifications. Is he or she up-to-date with the latest treatment and techniques, or has this doctor been doing the same old thing for the past 20 years?

• The most important thing is to properly work up and diagnose your problem, and not dish out a general diagnosis of “back pain,” “neck pain,” or “you’re getting older so just deal with it.” It is not a professional diagnosis if it tells you nothing of what is causing your pain.

• Determining what is causing you pain is done by listening to you very carefully, performing a physical examination, and proper diagnostic studies to pinpoint your problem, usually X-rays, MRI, CT scans, or nerve testing to name a few.

• A good doctor will perform a detailed and comprehensive treatment plan based on the most up-to-date treatment guidelines according to your type of back issue.

• Ideally your pain will be treated to a point of full recovery or to a point of maximum medical improvement (MMI).

• If needed, your primary care doctor might make referrals to other health-care providers.

At this point, you probably realize that just opening up the phone book and choosing the closest chiropractor, medical doctor, physical therapist, or…the guy with the biggest ad could prove to be a very costly mistake.

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