“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you may want
to!”
Researchers are reporting on
support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer
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 boosted
confidence in performing activities of daily living.
Minster Chiropractic Center trusts our Minster chiropractic patients to make
the best decision for their condition as they 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 evaluated
how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they experienced. The involved
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was considered in the analysis,
those who stated they had 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 regards to greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Minster Chiropractic Center is so glad to read about these published studies to share with our
Minster back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Minster back pain has all
sorts of influences: social, biological, psychological 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 inserting
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who followed maintenance care
recommendations reported fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who observed
recommendations for maintenance care valued its being patient-centered. Cost,
low availability, and fear of treatment were factors they thought stood in
the way of their 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 produced a gradual decrease
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 bolstered self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Minster Chiropractic Center carefully creates
a treatment plan for each unique patient for optimal
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Minster Chiropractic Center
Listen to the PODCAST
with Dr. Robert Borzone on the
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he
shares the effectiveness of continued chiropractic
care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient
with a disc herniation.
Make your next Minster chiropractic
appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to keep feeling good.