Minster Chiropractic Center Relieves Chronic Neck and Back Pain
“How many visits will I have to make, doc?” A familiar question for your Minster chiropractor. Chiropractic care at Minster Chiropractic Center follows an evidence-based algorithm of care supported by clinical research that goes back to the 1970’s: The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management. Newer research confirms the system and its goals in which Minster chiropractic patients can find peace as they heal.
CHIROPRACTIC USE
Minster chiropractic patients would not be chiropractic patients if it didn’t produce beneficial results. The latest study of who uses chiropractic was done in Malaysia: 35% of Malayasians visited chiropractic. Though it was slightly lower than traditional and complementary medicine care usage there, it is a good number! (1) About 25% of U.S. residents pursued chiropractic for neck and back pain management. 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 obtain relief. Minster Chiropractic Center is committed to setting a realistic treatment plan for the best possible outcome.
RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS OF CHIROPRACTIC CARE AT 3 MONTHS
Wondering how many chiropractic visits patients use and the outcomes? A recent study reported 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 90 days. Those who reported worse pain initially went for more chiropractic visits. Chronic low back pain sufferers who went to the chiropractor more than once a week benefitted more. At 3 months, chronic neck and back pain patients were getting better slowly, may have even reached maximum improvement, and were potentially managing their chronic pain with a range of chiropractic visit frequencies. (3) That is our goal, too, at Minster Chiropractic Center: educate our Minster 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 12 visits and 29 days were the mean days and visits for improvement. Disc herniations did take a bit longer and required more visits than sprain/strains. (4) Minster Chiropractic Center presents statistics like this to help our chiropractic patients make realistic expectations.
REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS WITH CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Minster chronic neck and back pain patients are realistic. Despite health policy today that seems to seek a cure for whatever is wrong, most chronic spine pain patients seek pain management that they understand will require ongoing care rather than “cure” from their chiropractic care. (5) Cox® Technic implemented at Minster Chiropractic Center has always shared the idea 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 provides 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.
Make your next Minster chiropractic appointment now. We will work together to maximize your improvement and set your home care plan for continued pain relief and prevention in the least number of realistic visits possible!
