Best to See Your Minster Chiropractor As Long As You Need
“Do I have to see my chiropractor forever?” is a usual question Minster Chiropractic Center hears when Minster folks talk about chiropractic. Minster chiropractic patients are a diverse lot. Some Minster chiropractic patients come for a specific spinal pain relief issue and stop coming. Some Minster chiropractic patients come and go as their back pain or neck pain issue requires (though keeping on the at-home care program that incorporates lifestyle issues, diet, nutrition, and exercise keeps these issues at bay for many!). Some Minster chiropractic patients discover that making a Minster chiropractic spinal manipulation visit on a regular schedule after pain relief is attained benefits them: feeling better and keeping that better feeling when prodded to continuing healthy things like exercising, eating right and being adjusted. Minster Chiropractic Center is grateful for every Minster chiropractic patient who entrusts their spine’s healing and on-going health to this Minster chiropractic practice.
Now, just how frequently a Minster chiropractic patient can gain from Minster chiropractic care visits is a well-researched answer for chronic low back pain patients. Minster Chiropractic Center presents a recent study in which chronic low back pain patients were treated three times a week for 6 weeks. During each visit the patient would receive spinal manipulation or light massage or no treatment. In the end, 12 chiropractic spinal manipulation treatments created the most promising results for chronic low back pain patients. At one year follow up, the 18 visits patients showed greatest outcomes for disability and pain relief. (1) Minster Chiropractic Center uses the Cox Technic System of Spinal Pain Management which has researched and documented for other specific spinal conditions the number of visits and days to maximum improvement. Such evidence permits Minster Chiropractic Center to really help our Minster back pain patients’ knowledge of what to expect with Minster chiropractic care.
The number of visits for low back pain episodes fluctuates often with the underlying cause of the back pain episode. A study from 30 chiropractic clinics’ chiropractic care with flexion distraction (aka Cox Technic) gathered data on 1000 back pain patients. It recorded the types of conditions treated, the days, visits and patient outcomes. Overall, 12 visits in 29 days were the mean results for maximum improvement. For specific conditions like spondylolisthesis, disc herniation (even L4 vs L5 disc herniation), sprain/strain, etc., the days and visits differed. There is a difference in treating a disc herniation versus a sprain understandably. One is more difficult to treat than the other. 91% of patients found relief of their low back pain and leg pain on average in less than 90 days (when the condition turns "chronic") and 12 visits. (2)
Whatever your underlying condition of spinal pain, a Minster chiropractic treatment plan can be arranged for its relief with a recommendation for on-going chiropractic care if that is wanted. Minster Chiropractic Center is at your service!
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Listen in to this PODCAST about chiropractic care relief of a chronic pain condition with a patient who finds visits to the chiropractor help keep her going.
Schedule a Minster chiropractic appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center to see how many visits it will likely take to get you feeling better and to see if you would want to visit your chiropractor forever on a periodic follow-up basis!
