Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Unlocking the Chronic Pain Crisis: Your Practice's Untapped Potential!

22 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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Jeff Langmaid (YouTube) highlights that about 20.8% (roughly 21%) of U.S. adults report chronic pain (defined here as pain on most days or every day during the previous three months). He frames chronic pain as a large-scale problem that creates opportunity for chiropractors and emphasizes communication, visibility, and patient reactivation systems as business/practice levers to capture that opportunity.

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20.8% (stated as ~21%).

Pain on most days or every day during the previous three months.

Over 20 people (based on the ~21% prevalence).

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Startling statistic here. We know 20.8. So 21% of adults in the United States report chronic pain. That's pain on most days or every day during the previous three months. That's a big deal. We know that the opioid epidemic is a chronic pain epidemic. And 20% of adults, that's like, crazy. So that means you saw 100 people in practice this past week. Over 20 of them have chronic pain. That is a big deal. That also showcases the opportunity that we have as chiropractors. There is no shortage of opportunity. It's why I say time and time again on this podcast, this is all about communication. If everybody in your town knew who you were, knew how to choose you, and you had good systems and processes in your practice for patient reactivations, you would never want for a new patient again.