Benefits of Continued Carrolltown Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“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 short and long term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, prolonged function, and higher confidence in performing activities of daily living. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation leaves it up to our Carrolltown chiropractic clients who 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 examined how quickly they got better 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 improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain went for more visits. Only when chronic low back pain patients made visits more than once a week was the impact beneficial and 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 need to be addressed as well. 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 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, kept the spine functioning as best as possible, and brought about a gradual reduction in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received 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 considered to positively impact pain and manage symptoms while exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible 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.
Schedule your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. 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.
