“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you might well want
to!”
Researchers are documenting the
support for chiropractic care in the short and long
term also known as maintenance care. Benefits include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued
pain relief, sustained function, and higher
confidence in doing activities of daily living.
New Roads Chiropractic Center leaves it up to our
New Roads chiropractic clients who 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 analyzed
how quickly they got better 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 reduced, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was mixed in 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.
New Roads Chiropractic Center is so glad to read about these published studies to share with our
New Roads back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. New Roads back pain has biological, social,
and psychological influences]30] that need to be addressed, too. A study of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in
outcome which seems logical since adding
ancillary care boosts the outcomes. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the maintenance care
recommendations noted fewer pain days and fewer activity-limited
days. (3) Back pain patients who adhered to
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 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) maintained the patient’s asymptomatic state, kept the spine functioning as best as
possible, and produced a gradual reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who got
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 positively impact pain and manage symptoms while
exercise bolstered self-efficacy and confidence in being
able to stay active and mobile and in being able to
self-manage their condition. (6) New Roads Chiropractic Center carefully designs
a treatment plan for each unique patient for optimal
outcomes for each.
CONTACT New Roads 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.
Schedule your next New Roads chiropractic
appointment with New Roads 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 stay that way.