Concord, NC Back Pain Option: Control It
Control not cure. That is a difficult notion to take on when you are hurting. Then again, for many back pain and neck pain patients, any relief is welcome. Pure Chiropractic treats many Concord, NC back pain and Concord, NC neck pain patients who suffer with chronic pain. Fortunately, spine pain patients who choose chiropractic care with realistic goals often find relief.
CURE vs MANAGEMENT
When patients visit doctors, they generally seek a “fix”. They want to be “cured” from their illness be it a cold or a headache or an infection even their back pain or neck pain. Researchers explained that medicine and healthcare primarily follow the “curative” model of care. For some conditions, management or control of the condition develops into the goal of care. Back and neck pain patients who realize that their condition is theirs for life and that there is help for containing that pain by on-going chiropractic care evolve into appreciative patients. Pure Chiropractic sees them all the time. The healthcare “curative” model may not transform any time soon, but the patients’ healthcare services do. Recently, researchers studied back pain patients seeking care from chiropractors. Of 1614 chronic back and neck pain patients, less than 1/3rd of them had a goal of a permanent end to their pain. These patients had pain for a shorter time and sought a medical cure. The rest of the patients sought on-going care to prevent the pain from returning, prevent it from getting worse, and experience temporary relief of their pain. These patients had lower pain levels for longer periods of time. (1) Patients’ hopes affect their pain relief.
HOPES OF BACK PAIN PATIENTS
It is no secret that low back pain is an expensive healthcare challenge considering finances as well as quality of life. Back pain sufferers who hold a high expectation of improvement experience a 58% greater chance of reporting improvement at the fourth chiropractic appointment. Your Concord, NC chiropractor recognizes the significance of our back pain patients’ hopes and expectations. These hopes foretell short-term outcomes better than the intensity of the pain, self-rated health status or psychological status. (2) Pure Chiropractic encourages expectations that will enhance patients’ quality of life.
50% RELIEF
50% relief is a quality of life improvement! The 50% Rule with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management puts forth realistic expectations to spine pain sufferers from the beginning. Many Concord, NC back pain patients who come to Pure Chiropractic and have struggled with their pain for a while are thrilled with the prospect of 10% or 20% or 50% or more. They just desire some trace of their pre-pain life back even if it is walking around the block or making a trip to the grocery store. Cox® Technic aims for 50% relief of pain within a month of care with patient cooperation on appointments and at-home recommendations of exercise and/or nutrition. The 50% Rule also ensures both the back pain sufferer and the physician that the “next thing” to do if relief isn’t achieved will be arranged. Our patients can rely on Pure Chiropractic to take care of them.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Scott Spengel on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson about helping a patient with Cox® Technic for relief of her back pain with a reasonable cost on a reasonable timeframe to meet her expectations of pain reduction.
Schedule a Concord, NC chiropractic visit soon for some control of your back pain and improved quality of life whether it’s 10% or 25% or 50% or more. It is nice to have some control of the pain that’s controlled you for too long.
