“Doc, do I have to see you for a long time?”
“Not necessarily, but you may want
to!”
Researchers are stating
support for chiropractic care in the short and long
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of
pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued
pain relief, sustained function, and greater
confidence in taking part in activities of daily living.
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center leaves it up to our
Pensacola chiropractic clients who 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 felt. These
patients were found to suffer with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain reduced, and function improved
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was mixed in the analysis,
those who experienced the worst pain had 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.
Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
Pensacola back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Pensacola back pain has biological, social,
and psychological influences]30] that need to be taken into
consideration, too. A collection of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care found a relatively small difference in
outcome which seems logical since adding
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who followed maintenance care
recommendations noted 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 incorporating cervical
spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and related
retrolisthesis (backward slipping of one spinal vertebral bone on its spinal
neighbors) kept the patient
asymptomatic, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and brought about a steady decrease
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got
long-term chiropractic care and exercise for neck pain experienced
greater improvement in pain, function, balance, and self-efficacy (confidence
in doing daily activities and such). Chiropractic care was thought
to positively impact pain and control symptoms while
exercise supported self-efficacy and confidence to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center carefully designs
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center
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.
Schedule your next Pensacola chiropractic
appointment with Pensacola Spinal Rehab Center. 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.