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Benefits of Continued Carrolltown Chiropractic Care for Back Pain

“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”

“No, but you might well want to!”

Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained pain relief, sustained function, and enhanced confidence in doing activities of daily living. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation trusts our Carrolltown 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 improved with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. These patients were found to suffer with mild pain for the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function recovered gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was mixed 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. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our Carrolltown back pain patients.

TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care

Not all back pain patients are the same. Carrolltown back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that should be addressed as well. A study 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 reported 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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care incorporating 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 decrease 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 bolstered self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation carefully creates 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 effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.      

Make your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to stay that way. 

Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation shares the benefits of continued chiropractic care – aka maintenance care - for back and neck pain patients in decreasing pain, staying mobile, and feeling confident in participating in daily activities.  
 
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