Jeff Langmaid cites one million spinal surgeries performed annually, many without a clear pain source. He argues chiropractic should be patients' first choice before surgery, and that building referrals depends on clear communication and consistent practice presence.
About 1,000,000 per year.
About 80–90%.
If anybody guesses how many spinal surgeries are performed each and every year, it's about a million per year currently. A million per year. 80 to 90% of those that can't identify the pain generator think that's a problem. I do. And we've all seen people that come to us and say, I wish I would have came here first. That is where I tie it in and say, this is about communication. This is about absolutely showing up each and every day in your practice and not only helping people, but. But getting those referrals to come in, promoting, as the man himself would say to my left right here, you know, early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise absolutely critical.
