WHITE PAPER | 2021


SHARON GILMORE


Another chiropractic patient, military veteran Sharon Gilmore, pictured below, tells a similarly transformative story. After being medically discharged from the armed services, Sharon struggled with depression, anxiety and chronic pain in her neck and back. Her very first visit to a chiropractor gave her pain relief, better sleep and improved health. “Since I’ve been getting adjusted and going to the gym and working out, I can honestly say it helps me manage my PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) a whole lot better. It’s helping me to function on a daily basis.”


Now chiropractic is a way of life for Sharon, and she tells everyone to try it.


Care Collaboration


LOW-BACK PAIN CAUSES MOST DISABILITY


As noted, low-back pain and other musculoskeletal problems are the top reason employees go to a heath-care provider, which has striking implications for health plans and policy.21


Beyond being a well-documented, effective care for that back pain that plagues so many, chiropractic care also offers benefits for sufferers of neck, upper- and mid-back discomfort, as well as people beset with shoulder, elbow and knee pain, and migraines and headaches, including problems resulting from auto accidents or sports injuries.


As insurers and heath-care policy makers are starting to recognize, favorable outcomes often result from the use of chiropractic care integrated with other conservative-care methods such as physical therapy, acupuncture and yoga/ exercise/stretching. They perceive the value in providing coverage for good-quality care that often achieves similar outcomes as more-invasive methods that lead to longer recovery and claims periods.


SHARON GILMORE


PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC


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