Benefits of Continued Concord, NC Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you might well want to!”
Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the short and long term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, continued function, and enhanced confidence in taking part in activities of daily living. Pure Chiropractic trusts our Concord, NC chiropractic patients to make the best decision for their condition as they know themselves and their bodies best.
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 improved with chiropractic care and how much functional improvement they experienced. The involved patients were documented as suffering 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 blended into the analysis, those with the worst pain went for more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients impacted the outcome toward more improvement. (1) Studies like this can help patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Pure Chiropractic is so glad to see these types of studies published to share with our Concord, NC back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Concord, NC back pain has biological, social, and psychological influences]30] that need to be addressed, too. A collection of back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in outcome which makes sense that adding 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 followed 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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care incorporating cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal neighbors) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, kept the spine functioning as best as possible, and brought about a gradual reduction 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 thought to improve pain and control symptoms while exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to self-manage their condition. (6) Pure Chiropractic carefully creates a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible outcomes for each.
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Listen to the PODCAST with Dr. Robert Borzone on the Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the benefit of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Make your next Concord, NC chiropractic appointment with Pure Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do not have to see us, but many choose to because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
