Let’s be honest. You want 100% relief of your Vancouver
back pain and have it never return. Heck, you did not want it to occur in the first place! Well, Vancouver Disc Centers wants that for
you, too. But reality gets in the way. The
research gets published. Realistic expectations are described.
Documented treatment outcomes guide you and Vancouver Disc Centers
as we travel together toward healing and improved quality of life
with back pain.
MEDICAL CLINICAL EXPECTATION
Medicine today reports 30% minimal clinical
improvement as good enough to warrant the use of a treatment approach.
(1) The “minimal clinically important difference” is a marker
of the value of treatment. In a large
review of studies, the relative percent was found to
be 32%. (2) “Good” outcome of medical primary care for sciatica
and leg pain was only 30% reduction in disability. 55% of patients
were improved at one year. (1) Another researcher group
stated that a 20 point move on a 100 point scale is a good
outcome. A modification of 19%
on an Oswestry pain scale and 2 points on a 10 points visual analogue scale is considered successful reduction in pain for a patient with continued postoperative
spine pain. (3) Vancouver Disc Centers knows Vancouver back pain patients desire
more relief than that. Setting up realistic expectations
from the beginning enhances the chances
of a satisfactory outcome for our Vancouver chiropractic patients.
CHIROPRACTIC ROLE IN BACK PAIN RELIEF
Chiropractic is often classified as alternative
medicine. Chiropractic seeks to take care of the
source of spine-related pain with spine treatment, exercise, nutrition, etc., whereas
allopathic medicine focuses on the removal of the
offending cause of pain by drug or invasive means. (4)
One study comparing the two approaches demonstrated that at 2
months of care, older adults with lumbar spine stenosis treated with manual
therapy and exercise improved better than medical care and group
exercise. (5) Another paper about older adults with back pain stated
50% improvement in back pain and 43% in disability after 2 years of care. The
honest truth: fewer than 20% of these patients had complete resolution of pain
and disability, but they were better. (6) Vancouver Disc Centers assists
many Vancouver back pain and stenosis patients honestly set
realistic expectations for clinical improvement of their back pain conditions utilizing
the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
CLINICAL OUTCOMES WITH COX® TECHNIC
Cox® Technic has always strived for at least
50% relief within 30 days before trying another treatment protocol
or ordering more advanced imaging tests or
referral for surgical consultation (as long as
there is no sign of progressive neurological deficit or caudal equina
syndrome/change in bowel or urinary function which would necessitate
a more immediate action). (7) For years, 50% didn’t seem like
enough. Today, it’s amazing relief compared with the new medical and
surgical expectation of 20% to 30% relief. One more recent study documents
even more relief with Cox® Technic: Spinal stenosis patients improved in pain by 76%
and disability by 73%. (8) How might such improvement come? Horizontal traction
was shown much more effective in increasing
disc height of lower lumbar discs. (9) Cox® Technic distraction manipulation
was found to enlarge the area by 28%. (10) Vancouver Disc Centers knows many Vancouver back pain patients whose 20% relief of
pain excited them as it permitted them to walk in
the park or go to the grocery store or play with the grandkids.
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Wanda Lopez on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson whose patient was overjoyed just being able to take a walk in Central Park without
pain.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
Schedule your next chiropractic appointment at Vancouver Disc Centers
today. We will be honest. We’ll discuss treatment
outcome expectations with you. Vancouver Disc Centers is on your side and committed to
helping you get the Vancouver back pain relief you want.