February 2025 Healthy News from Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Chiropractic Identity, Exercise, Attire

A recent study by Leduc in January 2025 concluded that what we chiropractors wear impacts our patients’ perception of us, including your Sitka chiropractor at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. That’s good for us to know! Scrubs create a more knowledgeable, competent, professional, comfortable, trustworthy look for us. White coats and formal wear came second overall. For women chiropractors, the white coat was more affirmative for them than when worn by men. (1) Interestingly, this issue of clothes doesn’t concern only chiropractors. A report of patient perception of surgeons based on their attire in Saudi Arabia noted that scrubs and white coats were preferred by patients for hygiene as well as the image of expertise and dedication. (2) Beyond their attire, chiropractors are working to hone their professional identity to better interact other healthcare colleagues who – according to other articles like the surgeon attire one – also work to refine their image and identity for their patients and collegial interactions. (3) One paper boldly ended with that “although the chiropractic profession may debate internally about its professional identity, the chiropractic identity seems to have already been established by society, practice, legislation, and education as a profession of health care providers whose area of expertise is spine care.” (4) Starting with spine care works for Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka! Spine pain relief builds trust, leading patients to work with us for other health issues. Bring on your Sitka back pain and neck pain! We’ll wear our best scrubs, clothes and/or white coats! Together,  let us, you and Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka, get you feeling better!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Benjamin Fonke on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about the integration of exercise and The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to ease chronic low back pain.

TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise for just 10 minutes!

Have back pain? Don’t like to exercise? Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka gets it! What if we shared that you just 10 minutes can help? When you’re hurting, 10 minutes maybe enticing! A recent study reported that a short 10 minutes, easy-to-perform core stabilization exercise produced significant low back pain relief for chronic low back pain patients. (5) What do you think about that? Effective. Immediate. Non-drug. Want to try? Let’s chat at your next Sitka chiropractic appointment.

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Happy February!