I don't look at a person as just a spine coming into my office. I use more of a holistic approach. A patient is coming in with a health care need, and it's my job to determine whether chiropractic can help, rather than treating all patients with chiropractic services. It is our job as chiropractors in New York state to determine what is wrong with patients, and then, and only then, if we determine it is something chiropractic can help, then we become chiropractors and treat the problem. We can't always treat everything.
Back pain is complicated.
A person won't always find relief from chiropractic. Plattsburgh Doctor of Osteopathy Richard F. Lutinski, board certified in family practice for 21 years, received crossover training in both the medical field and osteopathy, the science of manual or manipulative medicine, which is similar to chiropractic training. Because he chose to enter family practice, he does not practice osteopathy, but does note the value of manipulative medicine. Manipulative medicine can be very helpful in circumstances of minor derangement of the spine. It restores normal physiology to the areas to correct the situation.