“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 shorter and longer
term also known as maintenance care. Benefits include
pain relief and return of function in the short term and sustained
pain relief, continued function, and higher
confidence in taking part in activities of daily living.
Vancouver Disc Centers trusts our Vancouver 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 examined
how quickly they improved with chiropractic care and how much
functional improvement they felt. The involved
patients were documented as suffering with mild pain for
the most part. Back and neck pain decreased, and function recovered
gradually over three months of chiropractic care. When frequency of
chiropractic visits was blended into the analysis,
those who stated they had 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 help patients with their
expectations and payers with their treatment plan decision-making for coverage.
Vancouver Disc Centers is so glad to read about these published studies to present to our
Vancouver back pain patients.
TREATMENT PLANNING FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF: Chiropractic Maintenance
Care
Not all back pain patients are the same. Vancouver back pain has biological, social,
and psychological influences]30] that need to be taken into
consideration as well. A collection of
back pain patients’ response to chiropractic care alone versus
multidisciplinary care uncovered a relatively small difference in
outcome which makes sense that 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 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) One patient with a 13-year history of chiropractic once a
month 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) kept the patient
asymptomatic, sustained the spine functioning as best as
possible, and produced a gradual decrease
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 to be able to keep active and mobile and in being able to
self-handle their condition. (6) Vancouver Disc Centers carefully creates
a treatment plan for each individual patient for best possible
outcomes for each.
CONTACT Vancouver Disc Centers
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 Vancouver chiropractic
appointment with Vancouver Disc Centers. Our back pain and neck pain patients do
not have to see us, but many choose to because they feel
good and want to stay that way.