“Doc, must I see you for a long time?”
“No, but you might well want
to!”
Researchers are stating
support for chiropractic care in the shorter and longer
term also known as maintenance care. Advantages consist of
pain relief and return of function in the short term and continued
pain relief, continued function, and enhanced
confidence in performing activities of daily living.
Wilson Family Chiropractic trusts our Millville 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 evaluated
how quickly they got better with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they experienced. The involved
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 considered in the analysis,
those who experienced the worst pain went
for more visits. Only visits more
than once a week for chronic low back pain patients made a difference in terms of greater
improvement. (1) Studies like this can assist patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Wilson Family Chiropractic is so glad to see these
types of studies published to share with our
Millville back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Millville back pain has all
types of influences: social, biological, psychological, 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 helps. (2) Same with continued
chiropractic care. Patients who kept to the 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) A patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a
month maintenance care including 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, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and brought about a gradual reduction
in the cervical spine retrolisthesis. Older neck pain patients who underwent
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 improve 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-handle their condition. (6) Wilson Family Chiropractic carefully creates
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Wilson Family Chiropractic
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.
Schedule your next Millville chiropractic
appointment with Wilson Family Chiropractic. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many do because they feel
good and want to stay that way.