“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you may want
to!”
Researchers are reporting on
support for chiropractic care in the short and long
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained
pain relief, prolonged function, and boosted
confidence in doing activities of daily living.
Most Chiropractic Clinic trusts our Murfreesboro chiropractic patients to make
the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their
bodies best.
CHIROPRACTIC RELIEF: TIME, VISITS AND WORSE PAIN, FUNCTION
RETURN
A RAND Human Subjects Protection Committee-approved study of
chronic back pain (1362) and chronic neck pain (1214) patients analyzed
how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. These
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was mixed in the analysis,
those who experienced the worst pain went
for more visits. Only visits more
than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Most Chiropractic Clinic is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
Murfreesboro back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Murfreesboro back pain has all
types of influences: social, biological, psychological as well. A study of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in
outcome which makes sense that inserting
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care
recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who adhered to
recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost,
low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought prevented them from following recommended maintenance
care. (4) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a
month maintenance care including cervical
spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated
retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal
neighbors) kept the patient
asymptomatic, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and produced a gradual reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received
long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain experienced
greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence
in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was thought
to positively impact pain and control symptoms while
exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-manage their condition. (6) Most Chiropractic Clinic carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Most Chiropractic Clinic
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
explains the benefit of continued chiropractic
care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient
with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next Murfreesboro chiropractic
appointment with Most Chiropractic Clinic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to keep feeling good.