Minster Back Pain Option: Control It
Control not cure. That is a challenging notion to accept when you are in pain. Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients, any relief is acceptable. Minster Chiropractic Center treats many Minster back pain and Minster neck pain patients who suffer with chronic pain. Fortunately, spine pain patients who decide on chiropractic care with realistic goals often find relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients go to doctors, they generally want a “fix”. They want to be “cured” from their illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their back pain or neck pain. Researchers explained that medicine and healthcare mostly follow the “curative” model of care. For some conditions, management or control of the condition develops into the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who realize that their condition is theirs for life and that there is help for containing that pain via on-going chiropractic care evolve into grateful patients. Minster Chiropractic Center sees them all the time. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare services do. Recently, researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614 chronic back and neck pain patients, fewer than one third of them had a goal of a permanent end to their pain. These patients experienced pain for a shorter time and sought a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care to avert the pain from coming back, prevent it from getting worse, and get temporary relief of their pain. These patients had less pain intensity for a longer time. (1) Patients’ hopes impact their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It’s no secret that low back pain is a costly healthcare challenge considering finances and quality of life. Back pain sufferers who have a high expectation of improvement have a 58% higher chance of reporting improvement at the fourth chiropractic appointment. Your Minster chiropractor knows the importance of our back pain patients’ hopes and expectations. They foretell short-term outcomes better than the intensity of the pain, self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Minster Chiropractic Center encourages expectations that will improve patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management relays realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning. Many Minster back pain patients who come to Minster Chiropractic Center and have dealt with their pain for a while are thrilled with the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just want some trace of their pre-pain life back even if it is walking around the block or making a trip to the grocery store. Cox® Technic seeks 50% relief of pain within 30 days of care with patient cooperation on appointments and at-home recommendations of exercise and/or nutrition. The 50% Rule also ensures both the back pain sufferer and the physician that the “next thing” to do if relief isn’t achieved will be arranged. Our patients can rely on Minster Chiropractic Center to take care of them.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Scott Spengel on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox® Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Minster chiropractic visit soon for some control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25% or 50% or more. It is nice to have some control of the pain that has controlled you for too long.
