“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you might well want
to!”
Researchers are stating
support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued
pain relief, continued function, and boosted
confidence in doing activities of daily living.
Spinal Care Clinic trusts our Burlington and Hamilton 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 examined
how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. The involved
patients were documented as suffering 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 considered in the analysis,
those who had the worst pain had 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.
Spinal Care Clinic is so glad to read about these published studies to share with our
Burlington and Hamilton back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Burlington and Hamilton back pain has all
types of influences: social, biological, psychological, too. A collection of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in
outcome which makes sense that adding
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who followed 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 incorporating 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 produced a gradual reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent
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 improve pain and control symptoms while
exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence in being
able to stay active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Spinal Care Clinic carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Spinal Care Clinic
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
shares the effectiveness of continued chiropractic
care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient
with a disc herniation.
Schedule your next Burlington and Hamilton chiropractic
appointment with Spinal Care Clinic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to stay that way.