Benefits of Continued St Peters Chiropractic Care for Back Pain
“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you may want to!”
Researchers are reporting on support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer term also known as maintenance care. Benefits consist of pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued pain relief, prolonged function, and enhanced confidence in doing activities of daily living. Old Mill Chiropractic trusts our St Peters chiropractic patients to make the best decision for their condition as they 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 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 improved gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis, those who experienced the worst pain had more visits. Only visits more than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in regards to greater improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage. Old Mill Chiropractic is so glad to see these types of studies published to present to our St Peters back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. St Peters 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 inserting ancillary care helps. (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 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) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once-monthly maintenance care including cervical spine long-y distraction for cervical radiculopathy and associated 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 decrease in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who received 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 considered to positively impact pain and control symptoms while exercise boosted self-efficacy and confidence in being able to stay active and mobile and in being able to self-handle their condition. (6) Old Mill Chiropractic carefully designs a treatment plan for each individual patient for optimal 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 explains the effectiveness of continued chiropractic care with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management for his patient with a disc herniation.
Make your next St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients don’t have to see us, but many do because they feel good and want to keep feeling good.
