Chiropractic can help chronic
low back pain in pain relief, healthcare coordination, and in cost-of-care
reduction. Chiropractic care first strives to prevent
back pain from turning chronic, limiting its
lasting over 3 months. Chiropractic care provides
spinal manipulation therapy which is reported to help alleviate
chronic low back pain and enhance coordination of care
with other colleagues to help our patients best.
Minster Chiropractic Center benefits the care of Minster
chronic back pain patients economically utilizing
gentle, safe, research-documented protocols of the Cox® Technic
System of Spinal Pain Management. We are here to help!
SPINAL MANIPULATION LOWERS COST OF BACK PAIN CARE
Back pain isn’t cheap. With
the cost of spine pain in the US valued to be $134.5 billion (1),
Minster Chiropractic Center is fairly certain that our chiropractic
patients would welcome cost-effective care. A newer
Canadian study of high-cost back pain patients in the healthcare system uncovered
that they accounted for nearly 50% of the healthcare spending in a
year. (2) Another paper published results revealing
that spine-related pain patients who seek care from a chiropractor first
also had reduced costs and healthcare services compared with medical management. (1) We know our Minster
chiropractic patients would like coordination of care whenever
possible among their healthcare providers to receive
the most economical and effective care.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WORKING TOGETHER
Healthcare professionals working together help
patients dealing with Minster back and other spine
pain conditions. A study in South Africa looked at
the relationship and understanding of each other’s professions between
chiropractors and physiotherapists. Fascinating
outcomes! Each profession evaluated the other’s in terms of what conditions it treated, what modalities it utilized,
how well each did at treating neuromusculoskeletal conditions.
Interprofessional referrals for chiropractors were 82% and 55% for
physiotherapists though 69% of chiropractors and 55% of physiotherapists wanted
to work together in managing
patients for their pain relief. (3) Your Minster chiropractor
strives to keep our patients in
the center of a treatment plan
to reduce their pain and healthcare usage.
SMT REDUCES PAIN OF BACK PAIN
For chronic low back pain patients, those whose pain lasts
over 3 months that leads to emotional distress and physical
disability and more healthcare care, 12 sessions of
spinal manipulation offered greater pain relief than a control
intervention. (4) Another study of 1000 low
back pain sufferers treated with Cox® Technic flexion distraction protocols
also showed that a mean of 12 visits in 29 days delivered
maximum clinical improvement. Plus, fewer than 9% of the low back
pain patients entered the chronic phase. (5) Chronic pain
prevention is a commendable effort!
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Vincent Pankonin on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
describes how he was able to help his chronic
back pain patient get relief via The Cox® Technic System
of Spinal Pain Management.
Make your Minster chiropractic
appointment soon.