Benefits of Continued Murfreesboro Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are documenting the support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, continued function, and enhanced confidence in taking part in 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 well.
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 improved with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they felt. These patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in regards to 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 read about these published studies 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 biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that need to be taken into consideration as well. A study of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which seems logical since adding ancillary care helps. (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 stood in the way of their following recommended maintenance care. (4) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related 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 brought about a gradual reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain reported 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 manage symptoms while exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Most Chiropractic Clinic carefully designs a treatment plan for each unique patient for optimal outcomes for each.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the benefit of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Make your next Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment with Most Chiropractic Clinic. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
