Concord, NC Back Pain Patients Expect Results from Chiropractic Care
“I do not want this pain to worsen.”
“I want some pain relief.”
“I want pain relief.”
“I want this back pain to go away and never return.”
Back pain and neck pain patients have a tendency to have varying goals for their pain. The goal of healthcare policy is mostly curative. Many chronic pain patients know otherwise. Pure Chiropractic knows otherwise. We all want relief and some trace of control over how and when back pain and neck pain appear and disappear. Chiropractic care is for these patients. Pure Chiropractic’s chiropractic care looks at a problem like back and neck pain and recognizes that often there is no “cure,” but there is “control.” Back pain and neck pain patients who have experienced a few episodes with either condition realize this, too. They align their healthcare goals with their experience: there is not always a cure, but there is often control to prevent pain episodes and relieving care to get through the pain bouts as quickly as possible. Pure Chiropractic is the Concord, NC chiropractic place for back and neck pain patients. Pure Chiropractic is home of the Concord, NC back pain specialist.
PATIENT EXPECTATIONS: HOW THEY INFLUENCE AND HOW THEY’RE MET
Chiropractic back pain specialists know their back pain and neck pain sufferers well. A recent study of 1614 patients experiencing chronic low back pain (885) and chronic neck pain (729) found their goals for chiropractic care of their conditions. About a third of them wanted the pain to cease permanently and were more likely to have experienced pain for a briefer period of time and have a stronger belief in medical cure; they wanted a cure. 22% of low back pain and 16% of neck pain patients sought to prevent their pain from returning and tended to have lower pain levels. 14% of low back and 12% of neck pain patients wanted to prevent their pain from getting worse. 31% of back pain and 41% of neck pain patients sought temporary relief of their pain. These last two sets of patients were more likely to have had pain for a longer period of time. Which group do you fall into? Like most humans, there is a discrepancy from person to person contingent on their experience that chiropractors and other healthcare providers need to understand. (1) Such patient expectations are reported to predict short-term outcomes of chiropractic care for low back pain. Another study detailed that patients with a high expectation of improvement were 58% more apt to report an improvement at the 4th appointment. (2) Surely, having an interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers working as a team can boost low back pain patients’ odds of relief. (3) Today, the patient is the focus for healthcare providers. Patient-centered care relies on patient-reported outcomes to tell the story. The patient’s perspective must always be taken into account. And when it comes to non-pharmacological treatment of low back pain, active patient involvement is key. (4) At Pure Chiropractic the Concord, NC back pain patient is at the center of everything we do.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ed Hutter on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson in which he details his history of being a back pain patient wanting pain relief and how the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management eased his pain.
Schedule your Concord, NC chiropractic visit with your Concord, NC back pain specialist today. Bring your expectations of care. We’ll make a treatment plan together to meet them.
