Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A common question for your Carrolltown chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation follows an evidence-based algorithm of care backed by clinical research that stretches back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Newer research bears out the system and its goals in which Carrolltown chiropractic patients can find calm as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Carrolltown chiropractic patients would not be chiropractic patients if it didn’t produce beneficial results. The latest study of who utilizes chiropractic was conducted in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians visited chiropractic. Though it was very lower than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good percent! (1) Approximately 25% of U.S. residents sought chiropractic for neck and back pain care. 35 million U.S. adults went to a chiropractor in the last 12 months. (2) That number is growing as additional people pursue and find a non-surgical, conservative approach to pain relief in chiropractic knowing that it may take a few visits to get results. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible outcome.
RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Curious about how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A new study found that in 1,362 chronic low back pain patients and 1,214 chronic neck pain patients’ function improved and back and neck pain reduced with chiropractic care in three months. Those who reported worse pain initially went for more chiropractic visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers with more than one visit a week benefitted more. At 3 months, chronic back and neck pain patients were improving slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement, and were potentially managing their chronic pain with a variety of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That is our goal, too, at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation: educate our Carrolltown back pain and neck pain patients about how they can help themselves with pain management and prevention! With Cox® Technic, a study of 1000 patients found that 29 days and 12 visits were the mean days and visits for improvement. Disc herniations did take a little longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation shares statistics like this to assist our chiropractic patients form realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Carrolltown chronic neck and back pain sufferers are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to want a cure for whatever is wrong, most chronic spine pain patients seek pain management that they know will require ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic used at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation has always shared the notion of “control not cure” when it comes to most neck pain and back pain issues. It resonates with back pain and neck pain sufferers who have pursued care from a variety of different healthcare professionals that they understand it. The 50% Rule of Cox® Technic makes sense to them: 50% relief in 30 days or referral for imaging or other consultation, 50% relief drops the visit frequency by 50%, 50% relief changes the treatment from Protocol I to Protocol II, etc. The chiropractic care system of Cox® Technic follows an established algorithm that offers patients realistic expectations.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Tony Barton on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he explains his care of a nurse suffering with chronic back pain that The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helped.
Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. We will work together to maximize your improvement and establish your home care plan for continued pain relief and prevention in the fewest realistic visits possible!
