Connected Chiropractic Treats Back Pain and Neck Pain Cost and Pain-Reducing Effectively

They say numbers don’t lie. With all the numbers out there about back and neck pain costs and outcomes, we can put that to the test. Connected Chiropractic shares a few of the latest ones that are quite interesting and supportive of our Elgin chiropractic method using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

OPTIONS USED FOR BACK PAIN VS BACK PAIN GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS

Treatment guidelines for back pain are well-established.  Are they observed? Of 100 million patient healthcare insurance claims, 56,000 had persistent low back pain. These patients were not surgical candidates and had experienced conventional medical care. Of those 56,000, 60% utilized physical therapy, 50% experienced chiropractic, 26% got steroid injections and 66% used prescribed pain meds (57% opioids, 38% muscle relaxants). Were guidelines followed? Not exactly. In contradiction to guidelines for low back pain treatment, most patients were given opioids while several non-drug treatments were used by only a few. (1) Another report detailed that 775,893 general practitioner visits led to 6,904 referrals (just 0.89%) to physiotherapy, a non-drug treatment option for frequently referred problems like low back pain and osteoarthritis. (2) The healthcare costs of these patients were very large. (1) Elgin back pain treatment costs are not that different.

COSTS OF BACK PAIN CARE

A review of Humana healthcare claims resulted in these findings: the pre-operative costs of conservative treatment alternatives for cervical spine radiculopathy were just 37.7% of the total non-operative expenses for this condition. Injection costs were the highest, coming in at $988 on average per patient. Other costs were – in order of cost expenditure - physical therapy ($510), medications (narcotics, gabapentin, NSAIDs), bracing ($193), and chiropractic services ($193). 62% of overall costs for care of cervical radiculopathy went to diagnostic modalities.  (3) Elgin neck and back pain patients have an experienced chiropractor at Connected Chiropractic.

INTERPROFESSIONAL REFERRAL FOR BACK PAIN CARE

Recent data revealed a 106% rise in the number of physician visits for low back pain and extremity pain that led to a referral to another physician inpart because of unsuccessful outpatient conservative treatment. The study that talked about this finding ended with the suggestion that patients who are most likely to need surgery would see a surgeon as their first subspecialty referral visit. Further, patients who are less likely to require surgery would meet with a non-operative spine specialist or primary care physician. (4) Your Elgin chiropractor at Connected Chiropractic is ready to be the Elgin non-surgical spine specialist this article describes for our Elgin low back pain and neck pain and arm pain and leg pain sufferers!

CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF TREATMENT

Of 609 patients with sciatica and back-related leg pain visiting primary care physicians, only 55% gave an account of ‘improvement’ – just 30% or more decrease in disability - at one year follow-up. (5) Chiropractors using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management strive for at least 50% decrease of pain non-surgically in 30 days. In a 1000 cases study of Cox® Technic treatment outcomes, leg pain radicular patients improved significantly more with Cox® Technic flexion distraction therapy than with physical therapy. (6) In a study of post-surgical continued back pain patients, 81% of them scored greater than 50% relief of pain in 11 visits in 49 days (mean). At two your follow-up, 78.6% of them still had more than 50% relief of pain. Mean relief of pain was continued: 71.6% at the end of active care and 70% at 2-year follow-up. (7) Your Elgin chiropractor delivers just such relief and understands when to refer if needed.

CONTACT Connected Chiropractic

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Byron Folwell on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporation for relieving post-surgical continued back pain.

Schedule your Elgin chiropractic appointment now. Do not let numbers scare you. Let them lead you down the path to pain relief. See you soon!