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FOR MDs FROM DR. HILTON

I started my office in New Palestine in 1989. Medical doctors and chiropractors have a long history of division between their professions. One of my goals has been to build a bridge of knowledge between us. I am the only chiropractor in the state to work out of a hospital’s medical facility. I have given talks at the I.U. school of medicine’s freshman class the last two years, and I.U. residents have shadowed me at my office. It has been very gratifying and the students have been fantastic. Several of the students even became patients of mine after seeing some of my patients progress. Currently, I see patients one day a week at Fall Creek Family Medicine along with my New Palestine office four days per week.

According to peer review research over the past 20 years, skilled spinal manipulation has emerged as the gold standard for acute and chronic low back pain. It is the safest and most effective form of treatment, and when combined with rehab exercises, it lasts the longest. It’s all about how the joints of the spine function and the corresponding muscle condition. Altered function of the joints causes irritation, which in turn causes inflammation and pain. Spinal manipulation can restore proper function to the spine, which translates to a patient having increased mobility and less pain.

I want to bring the art and science of spinal manipulation into its proper place in medicine. Millions of additional people could benefit from its unique approach.

I decided to become a chiropractor when I was 16 years old, because it was like magic for my injured back from a football injury. That is the beauty of spinal manipulation, a patient should see positive results within 1-2 weeks of initiating care. And if a patient does not see a positive change in this time period, they should be referred for a second opinion, or additional diagnostic studies ordered.

Unfortunately, we have a number of chiropractors that tell patients they need to be seen 50-80 times before they will be well!!! This is ridiculous, and wrong.

Chiropractors will always remain on the outside with this type of practicing.

But spinal manipulation itself should be embraced and utilized much more. Over 90% of manipulation is performed by chiropractors. There is much involved in manipulating someone’s spine and we have the most training in it. In school and today, I have one goal “Do what’s best for the patient”.