
With all the choices out there for where to go to get care for muscle and joint problems, it is smart to look at the study data that compares cost and performance among different approaches. This is also true for spine care (back and neck care). After all, taken together, musculoskeletal complaints are the largest expenditure in health care in the United States. The management of back and neck problems is easily the run-away leader in costs for care. Its time people start making better informed choices about where to go and what to do.
The kind of information that helps you make a better health care choice for neck care, back care, and treatment of muscle and joint problems can be found in studies that continue to be published, like the OptumHeath Report. This is a 2012 insurance industry report that came from a review of 15,700,000 episodes of muscluskeletal complaints. The conclusions were:
So what is to be learned? If you have a back, neck, muscle, or joint problem — See a chiropractor FIRST!
At ProActive Spine Care, our goal is to bring top level chiropractic care and rehab to the people of Fircrest, Tacoma, University Place, and surrounding areas. Our clinic and Dr. Austin McMillin have been doing that for over 25 years.
Give us a call today and let us help you feel great, live well, and be healthy.